Absolute Beginner's Guide to Cable Internet Connections
| Author/creator | Soper, Mark Edward Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Indianapolis : Que Old Tappan : Pearson Education [Distributor] |
| Description | 384 p. ill 23.200 x 018.700 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation At long last, there is a better solution to the painfully slow dial-up modem connection that has been your tether to the Internet. Cable Internet connections that once were expensive luxuries of living in big cities have become commonplace. Cable Internet connections promise to change the way you use the Internet...not to mention changing the Internet itself. No longer will you have to spend hours downloading files or email, tie up your phone line every time you want to check a stock quote or grit your teeth while watching the latest movie trailer trickle in a frame or two at a time on your modem connection.There is a dark side, however. Unless you take the proper precautions, cable Internet connections open your computer to Internet thugs who would like nothing more than to make off with your credit card numbers and personal files. Fear not...we show you how to rebuke hackers when they come calling.We also show you what the cable company won't show you - how to hot- rod your connection so that you can squeeze more performance from your broadband Internet service. We also show you how to share a single connection between multipl |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001096310 |
| ISBN | 9780789727053 |
| ISBN | 0789727056 (Trade Paper) Out of Print |
| UPC | 029236727055 |
| Standard identifier# | 9780789727053 |
| Stock number | 00022027 |
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