Bonn, Germany - Home PC hard drives tend to be huge. That does not help much when you need spontaneous access to documents or photos while out and about. One option is an external hard drive or memory stick, but that means more devices to be carried … (more…)
Hanoi - Police in Vietnam have shut down the country’s largest pornographic website, arresting a dozen people, most of whom are students, a high-ranking police official said Tuesday. This is the first time we have arrested so many people involved in… (more…)
How much do OCx Circuits cost and what components determine these costs? This is a tough question. One of the things that is required for OC-x level of bandwidth (i.e., OC3, OC12, OC24, OC48, OC96, OC192 & higher) is a FIBER connection, since those levels of bandwidth cannot be maintained on copper. (Whereas copper is more than adequate and can meet the carrier’s SLA (Service Level Agreement) for anything from a T1 up to and including a full DS3). (more…)
This is a tough question, but bandwidth is generally billed at either a flat rate (1.54 megabits/second for a whole month), or at a per-unit rate ($1.00 per gigabyte). The units can be measured over a period of time, or can be peak units. Each bandwidth provider has their own methods of accounting and billing. Read this article for more information on pricing OCx circuits. (more…)