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DSL Speed Test: How To Estimate Your Real Download Speed

I wanted to test my ADSL connection speed just for idle curiosity first and second to verify if I’m paying the right amount of money for all services on this line. As I am convinced that the experience is a good guideline for everyone, here you have a list of things you can do to test your home line speed. Continue reading

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DSL: How To Calculate Your Download Speed

How can you calculate an ADSL or xDSL line download speed when you only know the provider speed and the available minimum guaranteed band?

Many are DSL operators inefficiencies, and sometimes you just need a little bit more knowledge to avoid any useless stress. Here you can get some further information in order to verify whether your ADSL is really a slow one or you just made a possible wrong estimation. Continue reading

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Wireless DSL: How To Protect Your Wifi Connection

I personally think that sharing with other people one’s knowledge and resources is a good thing. In fact, projects like FON (organized wireless connection sharing) attract me, by the way I am aware that many families have a wifi ADSL router without the least idea of how easy it is for unknown people to connect to it at these families expenses. Continue reading

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Wireless DSL: Top 10 Tricks To Limit Wifi Speed Loss

Internet home and office wifi connections are very useful but few ones know that they can produce a serious speed loss. But when using Ethernet cable this never happens. Speed loss can be remarkable in case of ADSL2+ connections, which can even reach 20Mbps! Continue reading

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Modem Or DSL Router, How To Choose

By “ADSL modem” we mean the device which connects to the internet through a phone line. A modem supplies connection to at least one computer via net or USB wire. The router is a device which simultaneously “distributes” the connection to a certain number of computers. This delivery can also be made wireless: in this case the router is generally called “Access Point Wireless”. Continue reading

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