Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Protecting Your Online Privacy

The Internet sees millions of users logging Streamyx Streamyx Providers20496 each Streamyx Streamyx U Com My20160 every day Streamyx Streamyx Dns75523 more and more, Streamyx Service8580 laws of the United States, and throughout the world, are struggling to Streamyx up. With the explosion of the Internet over the last few years, with more people logging on for the first time each and every day, there Streamyx Adsl27799 also an Streamyx Dsl19506 explosion of misuse of the Internet and crimes against people and property. These crimes include the misuse of this form of communication to other people - these crimes are called online harassment and cyberstalking.

Online harassment impacts the life of a person and makes them a victim. It is not uncommon for online harassment to have the victim fearing for their safety and Streamyx Streamyx Test17884 having anxiety over the harassment and feeling a Streamyx Service8580 of insecurity, unpredictability and uncertainty Streamyx86624 their every day life as someone begins to cyber stalk them.

The Internet is Streamyx Combo a treasure trove for online harassment - people feel indestructible on the net and can feel familiar with people that they've "met" online. People talk freely about themselves and give a lot of information about them, more than they would to a stranger on the street.

While there is no simple definition of cyberstalking Streamyx ISP online harassment, the most simple definition was made by Maxwell in 2001 which defines online harassment as "...the use of electronic communication including pagers, cell phones, Streamyx Adsl2410885 and the Internet, to bully, threaten, harass, and intimidate a victim."

Currently, there are no laws or statutes that provide for online harassment; however there is a bill that has been filed with the United States Senate that would ban online harassment.

There are countless people who have 'jumped on the bandwagon' to promote the cyberstalking and online harassment and the need for a law that will ban and provide law that can be upheld in countless cases of these Streamyx11055 It seems, especially when you search the Internet for cyber stalking and online harassment that the target seems to be teenagers, and using social sites such as MySpace and FaceBook as Streamyx Adsl8430 as a plethora of other social websites where people can post their profile and chat and meet other people in the 'community'.

Online harassment can be either direct or indirect. Direct online harassment would include threats, intimidating messages and bullying that is sent directly to a victim via email or other forms of online communication or by hindering the service of the Internet, such as hacking. Indirect online harassment includes rumor spreading in forums and social websites on the Internet, signing someone up for unwanted services or posting private information about a victim online without permission. If you ever get a call from a harassing number you can enter the phone number here to find out who owns it. Currently, this reverse phone service does not work with VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol should your harasser be calling from over the internet.

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DSL, T1, Or DS3 Bandwidth - What's Right For Your Business?

When would YOU choose DSL, T1, or DS3 Bandwidth as the network solution Wireless Streamyx your business .... Streamyx Streamyx68083 why/why not? What are the pros and cons for and against each bandwidth type in a business setting?

In general .....

The answer to these questions is truly related to your application requirements. If you run applications that are Streamyx47076 or Jitter impacted, then Streamyx Streamyx Email18219 may not provide you with the service levels you need.

An additional extension of that would be your requirements for uptime. MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) is typically greatly improved with DS1 and DS3 circuits.

The size of the business is not nearly as important as your application requirements. Many large organizations can survive with DSL or in some cases dial-up, but a small organization that has streaming application traffic, mission critical traffic, or small latency or jitter requirements then DS1 or greater connectivity would be required.

Lastly, though often primarily, cost helps determine your choices.

To be Streamyx Streamyx Wireless34467 specific ....

T1s and DS-3s Streamyx Streamyx Service93934 the same offering except for capacity. T1s give 1.5Mbps upload and download speeds per line. DS3s give 32-45mbps upload and download speeds.

ADSL typically give asymmetric upload and download speeds (ADSL) typically 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Mbps download speeds and somewhere between Streamyx Combo -768Mbps upload speeds.

Symmetrical DSL (SDSL) gives the same upload and download speeds, typically 384, 512 or 786Mbps upload and download.

Cable offerings vary with providers and location. Doing a comparison with cable would be impossible without knowing your provider and market. Not who your provider is and your location .... but knowing how your provider is in that particular market. Ask a local expert for that detail.

T1 and DS3 are very reliable with high MTBF (mean time between failure) and low MTTR (mean time to repair). Streamyx Dns74106 and DSL on the other side.

T1 and DS3 expensive, Cable and DSL more affordable.

If you do not have a need for high upload speeds, (VPN, VoIP, high Data transfer for backup/co-location, ftp streaming media or other high bandwidth services hosted in-house, etc) then an asymmetric connection is not evil. DSL/Cable may be a good choice in that case.

If you need high speed upload then T1/DS3 is needed.

Fro growing needs, T1 or fractional Streamyx Speedtest50680 is a good choice. After some point in growth, a full T3/DS3 becomes more economical.

For mission critical Streamyx Adsl69557 two providers from two different physical points-of-entry may be necessary depending on the natural disasters you are likely to face.

Case study one: a company had a fractional T3 coming in from the East and another fractional T3 coming in from the West. Flooding and a sinkhole cut one T3. The network slowed down but stayed up.

Case study two: a company in South Florida lost its T1s and failed over to a Satellite Streamyx Streamyx87693 Certain services were crippled by the latency of the system but their mission-critical applications kept running.

Which brings us to Satellite: usually asymmetric with extremely fast downloads (depending on service level) but typically slow uploads (but varies depending on service level). Has an intrinsic latency due to the speed of Streamyx Router2541 and the distance of satellites. Advantage: natural disaster resistant, reliable, available everywhere and no last-mile issues.

In short...here's the 3 most important factors to consider.....

1- Link Speed and Committed Rate

T1 or DS3 can be purchased as dedicated point to point bandwidth. You will get the advertised speed guaranteed from point a to point b. KEY POINT if you are purchasing access to the internet and Streamyx Streamyx Malaysia65640 the Internet to provide connectivity (VPN etc) then you are buying an on-ramp, the traffic on the "highway" after you get on could slow you down. Just because you bought a DS3 to the Internet doesn't mean that you will have DS3 access to everything onthe Internet.

2- Link Symmetry

T1 and DS3 give the same bandwidth in both directions when configured as point to point. Different flavors of DSL provide different up and downlink speeds.

3- QOS

T1 and DS3 are configurable to Streamyx Bill40465 TDM voice (straight out of your PBX). They can also support VoIP. If you are doing everything with VoIP it may not matter. If you are keeping some TDM voice it matters a lot.

For more help to find EXACTLY the right solution for your business network .... take advantage of the free services provided through DS3-Bandwidth.com. This comes in pretty handy considering how complicated evaluating your options could be. Plus using a free service such as this maximizes your resources .... time, effort, and manpower.

Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications....including DS3-Bandwidth.com and Business-VoIP-Solution.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand Streamyx Promotion28301 tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.