broadband

BT has seen the future, and it's white

Digital Living The centrepiece of this digital fashion show was the BT Home Hub, a broadband router with integrated Wi-Fi, as well as the ability to support a whole range of integrated services, such as Web-based phone calls, video phones, home security systems...

26 June 2006, 16:33

Bringing it all back home

Digital Living This nirvana of totally integrated communications and entertainment services is now in the business as the triple play -- landline, broadband and mobile services from one supplier. If you add up things like satellite television, cable, landline...

1 July 2006, 8:00

Monitor your home with a Wi-Fi Webcam

Digital Living We recommend an 802.11g router for maximum throughput; we used a Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster (WRT54GS) from Linksys. A broadband connection and a wireless router are the basic infrastructure you'll need to set up an IP Webcam.

9 May 2005, 16:55

Top five ways MP3 has changed the world

Digital Living Once people upgraded to broadband, Web designers could pack more text, images and multimedia onto Web pages since more people had the fast connections they required. When the original Napster suddenly allowed people to download thousands of songs...

17 August 2005, 14:30

Wi-Fi horrors

Digital Living Here, too, your service provider should have sent you the IP addresses of your primary and secondary DNS servers when you purchased broadband service. Simply enter the information in the PPPoE section of your router's browser-based configuration...

9 May 2005, 14:49

BT Vision

Digital Living Does BT's Freeview and broadband video service do it for you? Mass-market video on demand is finally here.

4 June 2007, 12:24

The Cloud, the Screen and the Hand

Digital Living Our PCs are now cheap, easy to use, and smart enough to talk to the Cloud for us: we're getting cheap broadband connections at home so the Screen is usually connected to the Cloud. Here's some principles that govern how digital stuff should flow in...

Tags: jobs, care, flow, address book

20 May 2006, 7:58

The digital won't let me go

Digital Living The Telewest broadband connection is down and we've lost Internet connectivity and the DHCP server has thrown a wobbly. Helping to launch this Web site has given me plenty of time to think about a simple question, one I look forward to trying to...

16 May 2005, 11:40

Wi-Fi is the answer to a home without wires

Digital Living You buy a device that plugs into your existing broadband connection -- in my case cable. Once you've done it, it seems ridiculous that you once had to connect your laptop to a cable to make it work, as though it were a puppy that needed to be kept...

4 March 2006, 7:00

How do I access my PC while away from home?

Digital Living These devices are essentially external hard drives with added network gubbins -- they connect to your broadband router and let you access their files and folder over the Internet. I need to access various files and folders on my home PC using a...

27 September 2006, 16:08

Tech support for your parents

Digital Living This requires broadband on the two ends, but if you both have it, you can take advantage of this great tool. When you're visiting your parents is a good time to bring their computer up-to-date or to make sure it's protected from viruses and the like.

11 May 2005, 11:43

What's the best budget PC for all the family?

Digital Living If you have a broadband Internet connection you should visit our Downloads channel, where you can find thousands of free or free-to-try applications and games. My kids are asking for a gaming computer this Christmas.

29 November 2006, 16:23