| e started paying your monthly fee to an internet | | | | There have also been regular changes in the way |
| provider and bought your copy of the Internet, | | | | the internet is supplied to your home. You might |
| right? You probably got a good deal, because the | | | | have heard of ADSL2+, or mobile broadband, or |
| Internet currently contains somewhere between | | | | cable internet — any of these high-speed |
| 80 and 160 million websites — and some of | | | | internet supply technologies are collectively |
| those with hundreds of pages. It’s | | | | referred to as broadband. The technology exists |
| massive, and it’s growing. | | | | that can even send and receive Internet |
| The internet has been around for a while now, | | | | information directly to a satellite dish in your front |
| and people in developed society are generally | | | | yard. ET phone home! |
| comfortable with using it in everyday life. That | | | | And there have been regular advances in the way |
| being the case, the majority of complaints about | | | | web pages are created. Websites can provide |
| internet access is usually about speed and cost. | | | | more information than before, and provide |
| Most households we encounter are on an internet | | | | up-to-date information. You can look at the |
| plan (and computer equipment) that is 3-4 years | | | | weather website and watch the weather roll in to |
| old if not more. With the increased reliance and | | | | your city over the next 4 hours. It is the new |
| usage of the internet in Australian homes these | | | | web technologies that allow the websites to send |
| days, you may find that an older internet plan is | | | | pictures and movies and sounds over a thin |
| not sufficient for your family’s needs. | | | | telephone line to your internet browser. |
| There have been advances in computer | | | | If you use the internet to look for basic |
| technology, where the computers of today are | | | | information, but it is not worth your time |
| matched in speed and capability to the technology | | | | (because it is too slow), then perhaps it is time to |
| found in big business. That means the websites | | | | review your internet plan. A decent high-speed |
| can provide more useful tools. For example, you | | | | plan will cost between $10-30 per month. Our |
| can open up a map website and it can place a | | | | technicians can either help you select a plan to |
| marker within 50m of where your computer is. | | | | match your expected use, or they can configure |
| That is very helpful when you are lost, and it is | | | | an internet plan that you have already purchased. |
| only because of advances in technology that | | | | We think it is worthwhile to check yearly to make |
| helpful tools like this can be created. | | | | sure the plan you are on is adequate. |