Broadband:
An Express Highway to the Net
By
Joe Lee
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Internet access is essential for our work and daily life. Inside
the campus, our sophisticated campus network guarantees that you
have fast Internet access. However, you can only dial up to the
campus network using 56Kbps (or lower) modems from home. As technology
evolves rapidly, a faster approach to access the Internet remotely
has become mature. Broadband is a communications channel that
has a bandwidth characterised by high data transmission speeds,
and it is becoming the future norm for Internet traffic. Last
December, the CSC arranged with Netvigator, Hong Kongs first
Broadband Internet Service Provider, to set up a roadshow counter
outside the CSC to promote the Service to the CityU community.
With the installation of an ATM card, users at home can enjoy
a maximum download speed of 1.5Mbps and an upload speed up to
64Kbps. Comparatively, this broadband approach outperforms the
traditional 56Kbps modem line.
The features
of Netvigator 1.5M Ultra Line Package included: