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ADSL 90 per cent of homes and businesses are connected to BT Wholesale’s ADSL (asymmetrical digital supply line) network, but a small percentage are too far away from their local exchange for the technology to work. More than a hundred internet service providers, including BT, sell ADSL, and there are nearly 2.5 million users in Britain. A 150Kbps connection (about three times as fast as dial-up) costs around £16 per month, and a 1Mbps connection can cost as much as £41 per month. BT also offers a 2Mbps package for businesses. Bulldog and Easynet offer wholesale ADSL services that are much faster than BT’s, but generally these are available only in major towns and cities. Cable NTL and Telewest both offer broadband services to subscribers of their cable networks, which together cover 45 per cent of the UK population. Telewest’s 3Mbps product, which costs £50 per month, is the fastest on the market. NTL has around 1.3 million broadband users, and Telewest has roughly 500,000. Broadband fixed wireless access Technologies such as 802.11b (also known as Wi-Fi) have the potential to bring broadband to less-populated areas where it doesn’t make economic sense to roll out a fixed-line network. Around 50 wireless internet service providers are being set up or are already in operation around the country, often targeting places where ADSL and cable aren’t available. These services require a wireless modem, but are often priced competitively compared to other connections. Satellite Satellite broadband works anywhere in Britain, but a two-way connection is more expensive than other broadband services, on top of which the equipment can cost more than £1,000. Some Regional Development Agencies do provide subsidies to cushion the blow. One-way satellite connections that give only a fast downstream link from the internet are more affordable, but also require a dedicated phone line to send data upstream. Glossary of internet security terms adware a program that puts adverts on your screen outside your control cyberspace 'the space behind the screen': sci-fi writer William Gibson’s term for the whole network and all the data it contains hacker originally a dedicated programmer, now usually a malicious computer expert who breaks into other people’s systems malware a general term for any program that does something bad or unwanted phishing putting up a fake website or sending fake e-mails that pretend to be from a bank or online shop, with the goal of stealing card numbers or account details spyware a program that sits on your computer monitoring your activity and reporting back Trojan (Trojan horse) a program that appears to be doing something useful but is really malicious warez stolen software ('wares'), usually with cracked activation keys, which can be downloaded over the net worm a program that spreads from computer to computer over the net, usually doing something nasty at the same time zombie an internet-connected computer secretly running a program that lets a hacker control it. Often used to mount attacks on other computers Community broadband resources Connected Communities - bringing broadband to the Western Isles Consume Alston Cybermoor Voice over IP (VoIP) resources Gossiptel BT broadband voice Telappliant VoIPTalk VoIP Express Pipecall Broadband Phone Service Broadband TV resources Homechoice Channel 4 Broadband DigiTV: the National Project looking into digital interactive television on behalf of Local Authorities Useful links OFCOM e-Government Unit (Office of the e-Envoy) Local e-Government Better Broadband for Britain ADSLGuide Community Broadband Network UK Broadband providers C2 Internet Ltd Netservices PLC blueyonder from Telewest Easynet Ltd Legend Zen Internet NewNet Mailbox Internet Freedom 2 Surf PLC Clara.net BT Broadband & BT Yahoo! 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