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Below are the two items necessary to get the office networked.

The first is a router. This is what directs traffic to and from the Internet and across the office network. It’s also the device that adds wireless functionality.

The second is a switch. This will allow us to split the Internet connection in to multiple wired connections and get the wall jacks working.

There are wireless printer adapters, but I have read of incompatibility issues and since the printer there is such a complex one, I think it best for it to be connected to the network in a traditional, fool-proof manner.

To purchase the items, first click the “add router to shopping cart” link below. When you do that, you will be brought to Amazon’s web page. Use your browser’s back button to return to this page. Next, click the “Buy from Amazon” button in the Netgear switch box under the link you previously clicked.

You should now have two items in your shopping cart. Proceed with the checkout as usual.

Here are the product links:

Click to add router to shopping cart

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We are strong supporters of Net Neutrality and invite you to take in the information below. If you also think Net Neutrality is important to maintain, we suggest you sign a petition or write your Congress representative.

You can learn more about Net Neutrality and what you can do to protect your rights as consumers, small business owners, and as the users and creators of the things that make the Internet such a wonderful thing at http://www.itsournet.org/.

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Republished from The Cambridge Chronicle

Letter: Save the Internet
Thursday, July 6, 2006

Since the Internet began, all Web sites people visit have been given equal access to the Internet, a principle known as Net Neutrality. Now giant conglomerates like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are lobbying Congress to try to get greater control over what we Americans see and do online, including the ability to make some sites open more slowly (ones that refuse to pay them extra money for it) and some more quickly (ones that decide to pay them).

Our Sen. John Kerry sits on the key committee that is going to vote on whether to preserve Internet freedom, and it is key that he vote for the bipartisan Internet Freedom Preservation Act (S. 2917), which would preserve Net Neutrality.

The Internet has been created from the efforts and shared trust of millions of people, and is a huge national resource for our country. Getting rid of Net Neutrality would, in effect, turn it into a mess of some sites that open quickly and some that open more slowly, depending on who your Internet provider is.

Consumers are used to being able to open all sites with the same level of speed. So just to choose whether you use Verizon or Comcast, Americans would have to spend hours researching if the sites they visit most often are given preferential treatment or not. For example, if Comcast doesn’t give preferential treatment to Google and you use Google for searching or e-mail, you would either have to put up with slowed-down Web searching and e-mail usage or try to find another provider that gives preferential access to Google.

In addition, where preferential access is given, consumers would end up paying the extra fees because if a company has to pay more to have their site open properly, they, of course, will pass the costs on to consumers in the long run.

It also means that nonprofit organizations, small business owners and regular individual Americans who cannot afford to or don’t want to pay extra will have their sites run slower and, as a result, will get less traffic.

It is important on numerous fronts that Net Neutrality is preserved and that Sen. Kerry do his part to make sure it happens.
PETER DUNN
Former Cambridge business owner
Watertown

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