Anyone who normally uploads large amounts of data when they are not at home may have a problem with the cloud uploader or backup replication when working from home. Problems can also arise if family members want to upload large amounts of data in parallel. To avoid this, there are various approaches on how to best allocate the available bandwidth, [...]
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Functioning access data of Deutsche Telekom customers is apparently haunting the darknet. The Bonn-based company is calling on customers to change their passwords, but denies a server hack. Deutsche Telekom suspects that the data originated from phishing attacks - an attack on the servers is not believed to have taken place. According to the Telekom statement, the darknet data also contains the access data
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BayernWLAN, in which 20,000 Wi-Fi access points are to be made available throughout the state, is being further expanded with the help of Vodafone. Wi-Fi hotspots are to be set up at universities, tourist destinations and public authorities in Bavaria by 2020 - 20,000 in total. This was announced by Bavarian Finance Minister Markus Söder (CSU). The hotspots, some of which have already been installed and are used
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If you want to operate a hardware fax on a VoIP connection, you must either connect it directly to the Fritz!Box or use an adapter such as the Cisco SPA112. Operating an analog fax machine is not necessarily easy for customers with an "All-IP" connection (or whatever the respective provider calls the product). Analog devices can be connected to the Fritz!
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If you are planning a vacation in Australia and want to stay reachable or make cheap local calls, you can opt for a Telstra prepaid package. Making calls outside of Europe with a German cell phone contract can quickly become very expensive: with Congstar, for example, a minute of telephony costs 1.59 euros, and even more if you make a call. SMS and
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At a Vodafone conference, Chancellor Merkel spoke out in favor of giving preference to special services on the Internet - and thus against net neutrality. Although the Chancellor was referring to applications such as autonomous cars (for which it may well make sense for them to have a functioning internet connection), prioritizing any service would undermine the
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Although DNS resolution is a topic that most people probably don't think about, the process of resolving an IP address from a domain has a significant impact on surfing speed. A DNS cache on a Raspberry Pi can provide some relief. After changing my Internet provider and now using a VDSL line with
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After Telekom has already received a lot of criticism for its throttling initiative, o2 has now also announced that it intends to throttle DSL and VDSL connections in future. However, the limits are somewhat more generous: from 300 GB, which must be reached for three consecutive months (500 GB in the first month, 250 GB in the second and 750 GB in the third).
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Golem reports that an employee of an electronics store said in an RTL documentary that jammers are used so that customers can no longer easily compare store prices with internet prices. Personally, I think this is a bold thesis: although some stores may not exactly favor cell phone reception due to their design, real jammers would be too risky. The
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After there is still negative feedback due to the announced throttling after reaching certain volumes, Telekom has now talked about how much money you can get a real flat rate for. From today's perspective, you will have to pay between 10 and 20 euros more - a DSL tariff that currently costs 50 euros would then cost between 60 and 20 euros.
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