Wireless Internet Users Goes Up

WIRELESS internet connections have nearly doubled in six months, with more than ten per cent of Australians using them to go online.

Figures have revealed that 14 per cent of Australians who have internet connections are using wireless services to surf, email and download.

In the first six months of 2008, wireless internet connections jumped from 433,000 to 809,000.

The overall speed of internet connections has also risen in the last year.

The number of connections with download speeds of 1.5 megabits per second or more increased from 36 per cent in 2007 to 43 per cent in June.

On a 1.5 megabit per second connection, downloading a song would take about 20 seconds.

About 22 per cent of Australians are on a connection with speeds of less than 256 kilobits per second.

The figures, compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, also revealed that broadband subscriptions accounted for the vast majority of internet connections.

"As at June 2008, Australia had a total of 7.2 million active internet subscribers," the ABS said.

"Just under 80 per cent of these subscribers had broadband connections."
But while broadband speeds have improved for many Australians, one in five are still in the slowest category of connections.

Installation of Mobile Phone Masts

There are many examples of the failure to use the precautionary principle in the past, which have resulted in serious and often irreversible damage to health and environments. Appropriate, precautionary and proportionate actions taken now (e.g. children using mobile phones, WiFi, ICNIRP Guidelines revision or installation of mobile masts on residential properties revision)to avoid plausible and potentially serious threats to health from EMF are likely to be seen as prudent and wise from future perspectives. We must remember that precaution is one of the principles of environmental policy.

Wow Magic Sing - Small but Terrible

Wow Magic Sing offers wide collection of song chips that contains hundreds to even thousands of songs, oldies and modern in different genres and languages. Your screen will also be filled with the most beautiful scenic spots and background where the lyrics are placed. With enormous features and unparalleled functionality, the Wow magic sing is a sure winner for those who make singing as a hobby or profession.

You will surely say “wow” with this amazing singing equipment - the WOW magic sing karaoke mic. This fashionable microphone has redefined the term “entertainment” as it allows you to do your favorite hobby by just pressing the corresponding number of your preferred song piece. Portable and stylish, you can’t just leave this wonderful and exceptional singing piece behind in all events.

Kids Cellphones

Mobile phones are fast displacing landlines in many homes accompanying this movement is the fact kids regularly use and know how to use these cell phones. The mobility of cell phones means you can be anywhere and have the necessity, or should I say the convenience, of a phone.

Cellular service providers and manufacturers would enjoy nothing more than exploiting the vastly untapped tween market. However, is it necessary to provide cell phones to kids age 8-12? What makes it necessary today? Is the simple the notion of having the technology enough reason to equip younger and younger customers with phones? Where do we draw the line when it comes to tweens owning cell phones, and when should we be restricting use? The remainder of this article will discuss the pros and cons of purchasing cell phones for kids. It will discuss the social aspects, health concerns, and cost issues.

Health Issues:

The kid cell phone is designed to give the bare phone essentials. However, this phone is a candybar style, which means the antenna is located within the phone unit and does not protrude out. This means cellular frequencies are closer to the brain. The question now revolves around how early is too early for exposing kids to cellular frequencies on a regular basis? On one hand you don't want to risk your child's health, on the other hand scientific research is still inconclusive when it comes to cell phone 'radiation'. The juror is still out on this one, be your own judge regarding the health impacts.

There you have it, some helpful reminders to consider before going out and dropping a couple thousand of peso and an additional twenty per month, minimum, on a cell phone for junior. One certainly cannot downplay the safety benefits, you never know when it could save a life, however, at the same time, there are many con items to consider before sending buying a a cell phone for junior. One thing is for sure, the little handset device will never replace supervision from an adult when supervision is due.