May 08

The Era of Electronic Gadgets

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Have you ever pondered what our lives would be without electronic gadgets? Our lives would come to a standstill without the use of electric devices. Electronic gadgets, nowadays, are no doubt a blessing of God. Thanks to the development in science and technology, brand new technological gadgets are being sold like hot-cakes in the marketplaces and online!

Consumer electronics consist of electronic equipment intended for everyday use like communications, education, work productivity and entertainment. If you are in search of buying a new electronic equipment for domestic use or for professional purposes, for educational institutions or business centers, websites and online advertisements can help you a lot to buy, sitting within the comforts of your home!

By using search engines, you can easily track websites and find lots of information on cool new electronics and the hottest new electronic gadgets such as phones, computers, digital cameras, TVs, stereos, video-games, HDTV, MP3 players, DVDs, Camcorders, spy gadgets, audio and video equipment and all the latest gadgets in technology. Not only this, you can also get information on gaming, home appliances, wholesale electronics, refurbished computers, parts and components, shopping and instructional tips and lots more.

The hottest electronic gadget for the younger generation is audio-video equipment, like head phones, microphones, speakers, etc., for their online chatting or social networking purposes. They are cost-effective and convenient. They have a craze for camcorders and digital cameras too. Digital video recorders can also be a great use in carrying out their educational projects and home assignments.

Hand held devices like iPods, GPS Navigators and devices, pocket PCs, portable DVD player, USB are some of the important electronic gadgets that are popular in the present world. Pocket PCs have got the world closer in a more compact way. The hand-held computers operate on similar line of desktop PCs. But pocket PCs allow us to be in touch with the world while we are on travelling trip! One can compare the prices of new computers with a used computer! Used computers are cheaper and reliable in performance. Besides being a money saving device, refurbished computers last longer and has more space in your hard disk. Cheap computers work efficiently and are affordable for all. Apple computers and laptops, note book computers and printers have become a necessity! Continue reading this entry »

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May 07

What is the High Speed Internet Technology of Choice For Hotels and Resorts?

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Deciding what to base your hotel or resort voice/data network infrastructure on … T1, DS3, OCx, fiber, ethernet, etc. … can be complicated and frustrating. There’s much to consider to reach a decision that makes business sense. Ensuring you address guest needs for laptop, PDA, etc. is of course paramount.

Firstly, I would put hotels in the Multi-Dwelling Unit/Multi-Tenant Unit (MDU/MTU) category.

Secondly, we need to split this into high speed connectivity within a hotel and high speed connectivity backhauling traffic from the hotel.

Thirdly, we need to consider the physical media, i.e. copper, fibre or microwave.

The emphasis is towards an end-to-end Ethernet architecture at all layers, i.e. at the physical interface, service and transport layers. Each hotel room will come with a cheap Ethernet port for connectivity and can easily bandwidth requirements. Common areas like the swimming pool and lobby will have broadband wireless access.

The thing about backhauling traffic back towards the service provider is that service providers have their capital ‘sunk in’ their E1s/T1s. An end-to-end Ethernet infrastructure promises a lot, but very much depends of these service providers making an overhaul to their access networks.

This in turn depends on demand and also product availability. Why? As an example, we need to consider managing Ethernet SLAs in the same manner as E1s/T1s, so we need an equivalent to the smartjack devices. Yes, they are available, but we then need the economies of scale to make it worthwhile. Why add cost to the E1/T1 revenue stream?

There will also be other instances to consider. Tall buildings like hotels usually have masts at the top for cellular access. There will be sync requirements for these rooftop cell sites. Although the push is towards Ethernet and packet, TDM (T1/E1) will still play a big part till the end of this decade. Saying that, standards bodies like the MEF and also equiment vendors (no surprise here as they could do with additional sales) are accelerating the development and deployment of Ethernet.

Laptop connectivity can be achieved by means of a data card that makes use of the cellular network. Cellular operators now also offer WiFi access (co-located).

Wireless broadband and wireless broadband services are driving wireless evolution (2G -> 3G -> 3G+ -> LTE) and also convergence.

WiFi, WiMAX, etc. all provide the ‘front-end’ air interface. Wireless broadband is indeed driving wireless evolution (3G+, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX).

We also need to have sufficient bandwidth to backhaul the additional bandwidth requirements brought about by these air interfaces. When we talk about E1s/T1s (PDH), we are talking about this backhaul bit. Hotels come under the MTU/MDU category. Very often, especially in metro areas, such buildings will have fibre laterals that connect to a MAN fibre infrastructure provider. Continue reading this entry »

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May 06

Your Budget Mobile Phone

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Very few people are actually satisfied with their mobile phone plan. The numbers of customers churning to new plans and providers are testament to this. Whether it is the service you aren’t completely satisfied with, the fact that they charge you too much per call, don’t offer you enough call credit or the prepaid credit simply runs out too early, the fact is that people are likely to move every two – three years.

Following a recent poll on our website recently, customers voted two key concerns they had with their mobile phone plan. Contract mobile phone plans offered very little by way of protection from what is well known as “Bill Shock”. The second was that even when prepaid was the plan type they selected, having to recharge every month had become quite a nuisance. Furthermore it reminded them of how much they were actually spending.

There are a few solutions that customers can look into that can assist. The launch and popularity of unlimited plans has given many customers the option of a plan that will cover all of their call costs each month with one flat fee. For around $40 each month they can make unlimited local fixed line calls, mobile calls and SMS as many times as they like. These plans tend to also cover 13/1800 number calls too and come with a reasonable data allowance.

Whilst they can assist with “Bill Shock”, they don’t altogether entirely prevent it. Spend too much on overseas calls, or download too much data and you could still face the unpleasant bill at the end of the month. These are exceptions though so for most people, the “Unlimited” offer should suite them just fine.

Look at plans offered by the likes of Amaysim, Crazy Johns, Lebara Mobile, Dodo, Savvytel. All of these providers offer an “Unlimited’ option.

What about those customers who find their prepaid credit simply runs out too soon. The greatest benefit offered by the prepaid mobile plan is that it protects you from overspending. You can only spend what you recharge. So whilst recharging can be annoying it is also your security blanket. Continue reading this entry »

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