"It was the right time for us, we were small enough to be able to afford to make the change but big enough to be able to fund the change-over to a 54 Mbps network. The difference that it will make to the operating speed of our Internet connections will be incredible," said Paul Alldred of TIC.

"This is a very important development for all of our existing Internet Club Members. Over the past 2 years, our Internet connections have been supplied, as indeed have most of the prominent players in this field, by connection to a satellite through a dish. The problem with this type of connection is the amount of time that the signal takes to travel to and from the satellite or the gateway to the Internet. Also, bandwidth delivered by satellite is very expensive because of the overhead cost of putting a satellite into space. Internet Service Providers with this type of connection are forced to tightly manage the bandwidth that each user receives. This results in slower Internet access speeds," said Ronald Gray of TIC.

"Commercial satellite systems are fine where there is no other alternative. Multiple internet connections can be supplied through single earth stations. These connections are then forwarded on to individual users. This type of internet connection is perfectly acceptable in most cases but with users wanting faster and faster speeds, there is only one way to go - fiber optic cable with the ability to support thousands of users with multiple megabit connectivity," said Paul Alldred of TIC."

"The 1st phase roll out of this service will begin in the next 2 weeks but having supported us loyaly in the last two years, this is reserved for our existing Internet Club Members. We are going to reward everyone for their loyalty with very fast Internet, including SIMULTANEOUS Voip (Internet calls to England and the rest of the world), downloading, web surfing and connectivity to UK radio stations."

"We are also taking reservations for the 2nd phase roll out beginning in 4 - 6 weeks time. In this phase, connectivity will be supplied on a first come, first serve basis. Anyone that is interested in receiving further details should call in at our new office on the main road, near Lemar in Karakum, opposite the Kingfisher fishing tackle shop, or telephone 0533 843 1149 but with installations starting at a minimum of £80 and various bandwidth packages from £30 per month, it's advisable to get your order in early to avoid delay," said Marion and Gwyn of TIC. "We are expecting a rush!"

"The business community will greatly benefit from our investment in this technology because it means that we are now able to deliver very fast uncontended bandwidth on demand across 128 bit secure links with WPA security between buildings and offices. Business users will receive free voice calls across their local area network, cheap international voice calls and super-fast e-mail hosting packages at their own web domain address with 99.9% uptime guaranteed," said Paul Alldred of TIC.

"This will be a new area for us. To date, we have only supplied Internet connections to home or non-business users but with a business connection costing a minimum of £280 installation and various bandwidth packages available from £40 per month, we are gearing up for unprecedented demand from the business community."

"All Internet service providers experience difficulties from time to time and we are no different but where we do differ from the rest is that our Members can contact us at any time. We offer telephone support seven days a week and we never leave the telephone ringing, even if we have a problem."

We know all our Members on first name terms and understand each of their Internet and computing requirements. Users can become very frustrated if there is a problem with their Internet service and very angry if they cannot get up to date, accurate information," said Paul Alldred of TIC.

"Our new office, just next to Lemar, will be the hub of our operations in the future. We are building a very comfortable roof terrace garden area where our visitors can sit and enjoy a lovely hot cup of tea or coffee or a refreshing cool drink in the heat of the long hot summer."

"It is a very exciting time at the Internet Club at the moment, on top of everything else, we are also introducing a new level of customer service. We have been working on new software which, at the request of a Member, who, on each occasion, enters their own unique remote access key, allows us remote access to diagnose and fix their PC problems without our support personnel ever leaving the office. The time savings and increased productivity resulting from the introduction of this, will lead to the customer receiving instant support and service. This is definitely something to brag about," said Ronald Gray of TIC.

"The experts from the Internet Club say: "There are a number of important questions that you should ask yourself. Do you take enough care over the choice of your password? Is it at least eight characters long with mixed upper and lower case letters and digits? Is it easy to remember so that you don't have to write it down? Do you change it often? Do you use different passwords for your e-mail, banking and credit card accounts? If you have answered NO to any of these questions, you run the risk of one day, being faced with a major problem if someone targets you and gains access to your private data.

Most people don't realise how enterprising the criminal mind is in gathering your personal information and that computer software programs are used to make it easy to guess your password. Fill in a few of your personal details like your name, maiden name, address, birthday, children's and pet's names etc. and away the program goes and automatically tries all the different combinations in your password field.

--"Top Tip"-- So, to choosing passwords and making them easy to remember. Fortunately, human beings are creatures of habit and tend to do the same things at the same time every day or week. For example, you may take the children to school at the same time each day. You may go to do your shopping at Lemar's every Saturday. You may go to the bank every Friday. Pick some things that you do regularly and write them down for example,...I take my pet dog Lucky for his walk each day at 6am. Then take the first letter of each word "ItmpdLfhweda6" Notice that the Upper case letters have been used where they appear in the sentence. This password would be near impossible to guess and yet, is very easy for you to remember but more importantly, allows you to easily remember several passwords for all your different accounts."