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GPRS was a real hit in the cell phone industry. Almost all the telecom service provider now offers GPRS services. Internet access via GPRS on the mobile phones is common these days. I used it with Airtel. All you need is a GPRS enabled mobile phone. But now it is the age of 3G driven by EDGE technology. EDGE or Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution, I heard a year ago that this technology was introduced in Europe and mostly used with iphones for global internet connectivity. Also that it allows global roaming facility. Its high data transfer rate of 384 kbps is 3 times the data transfer rate as compared to GPRS. It consists of the 8 pattern time slot, and the speed of 384 kbps could be achieved when all the 8 time slots were used. Based on an 8 PSK modulation, it allows higher bit rate across the aerial Interface. 3 bits represents one symbol. And EDGE Rate = 3x GPRS Rate. (Got this from tripod.com).

EDGE is nothing but EGPRS. GPRS uses various radio channel coding schemes allow bitrates from 9 to over 171.2 kbit/s (if device were to use all 8 channels without error correction) per user. And one more thing, EDGE is not related directly to 3G, rather EDGE belongs to 2.5 G category. GPRS belongs to 2G.

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There are two kinds of hosting – free hosting and premium hosting i.e. paid hosting. You can either opt for free hosting that is usually supported with banners and pop ups put by the web hosting company on your website, or may opt to get paid web hosting, which gives you complete control over your site contents. There are certain key things which you should consider before you select paid web hosting server on which you want to host your website data.

These key points includes following:

1. Hosting space: You should choose the webhosting server which provides unlimited web space for your website.

2. Site Bandwidth and Uptime assurance: Before you go for any web hosting site you should check the available site bandwidth. This is very crucial since high site bandwidth means site will not slow down in case of heavy traffic. Moreover your web hosting company should assure you of atleast 99.9% Network Uptime.

3. Number of Domains: You should select the web hosting server which allows you to host maximum websites. Many web hosting sites such as JustHost.com and HostMonster.com provide unlimited domain hosting. These hosting sites have been rated as the top two hosting servers by web hosting choice. WebHostingChoice.com is a well known guide to popular web hosting sites.

4. Databases: Usually now days hosting companies offer unlimited MySql databases.

5. Email Accounts: If you want to have Pop/Imap Email Accounts in your websites for eg. email@yourdomain.com, you should opt the server providing unlimited email accounts.

6. Price and support: Price of the hosting server is also crucial. However you should not compromise with quality of service for saving few bucks. There are lucrative offers if are willing to pay for few years in advance. Websites set time and support is very important. Some popular sites such as JustHost.com offers anytime money back guarantee.

7. Miscellaneous: There are various miscellaneous features offered by the web hosting companies such as free domain name with the hosting account which you can use for your purpose, Free Site Promotion, Site building templates etc.

You can do detaied comparison of the services offered by top 10 webhosting servers at WebHostingChoice.com. You can also read the user reviews for each hosting companies. I used GoDaddy.com to purchase my domain Proxy Lib though not hosted on it. But it is rated under top 10 hosting companies. I would suggest you to go through the user reviews and ratings of hosting servers and then choose. Best of luck !

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Anonymous surfing has not only become the need of today’s internet users but it has emerged as pretty good business also. Confused? Don’t be, let me explain. Proxy servers are mainly used by the college students and organization staff to bypass the network filter and surf freely the social networking websites such as Facebook, Orkut etc. Secondly and most importantly, proxy servers play a vital role in securing the organizational network by intercepting the client requests and forwarding it to the target server. You can search and find thousands of proxy servers which can cater your needs. But it would be hectic if you search proxy servers one by one and that too of different types. Now you can get the list of robust and most secure proxy servers at Proxy Library. As the name says, Proxy Library has enlisted in it the huge list of proxy servers which are updated and rated on daily basis. They also provide the section where regular visitors can rate the proxy servers they already used. They also provide the list of PHP proxies, ASP proxies and many more. Choose whichever you feel reliable. If you have your own proxy servers then you can submit you proxy server for free.

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I have many websites which I use for blogging on different topics. Usually people think that owning and maintaining a website is tedious task. Trust me, even if you are not a web developer or programmer i.e. even if you are just an internet user or surfer, you can create a website. However, maintaining a website for an enterprise may need some computer language expertise. But if you need just a personal website like blog, it is as easy as making tea.
Let me tell you simple steps to buy and create your website -

1. Purchase a Domain Name: Domain Name is the name of website you want to create, like alc2005.com. You can buy a desired domain name from any authorized domain seller or agent such as Namecheap. At Namecheap.com you can enter your desired domain name to check whether it has been taken or not. For instance you can not buy domain “google.com” as it is already taken. Usually 8$ to 10 $ are charged per purchase of domain name.

2. Choose a Web Hosting Company: In this step you need to find a Web Hosting company which will store all the contents of your website ensuring that it is available on internet 24X7. There are two kinds of hosting – Free Hosting and Premium Hosting or paid hosting. In Premium Hosting you pay some amount to the Web Hosting Company. There are also some company which provide Free Hosting services such as Byet.com. Premium hosting is preferred for professional use of website i.e. you want only your contents on your website and no ad from Hosting Company should appear on your website. Moreover in premium hosting you have more bandwidth to handle the traffic and large space. However, for blog purpose people usually prefer free hosting as they do not have to store any large database. For hosting you just need to create account on hosting sites such as Byet.com which provides both types of hosting. But you should select only that company whose hosting server supports the language you have used to create the web page. For example, your website is to be in PHP then your Hosting server should support PHP. Don’t worry if you do not know any web script to develop a web page. You can use free software such WordPress, Joomla etc. So choose a hosting server which supports say WordPress, used for blogs.

3. Link your Web Hosting server to your Domain : Your web hosting company will give you addresses of your server which you need to link to your domain. For this, just go to the account you created in Namecheap. There you can fill these addresses.

4. Install you web program to the hosting server: Now you just need to go to you admin panel of hosting account and upload your webpage code, if any, to the server.If you want just a static website then just write HTML codes for it and upload to the server. Usually start page must have name such as index.html, index.jsp,index.php etc. For non programmers, you just need to upload wordpress or Joomla etc and install it to your server which is as easy as running a setup wizard on desktop. You just have to follow the instructions. These software provide an easy interface for you to maintain and update the website as if you are working on MS Word.

Once you did all above, your website is ready. You just need to go to your control panel of your website as provided by the wordpress or joomla as admin and start updating you website or blog. I have not mentioned the various data which would be sent to you by domain seller or web hosting company during registration as it varies from company to company. But believe me, if you are desperate to create your own domain then these are not at all the problems. Once you start the procedure, you will get full support by the hosting company, domain seller firm and of course on infinite Online forums.

Best of luck!!

Tags: Internet Technology by Deepak
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