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- FAX or FACSIMILE
- FAX PREFERENCE SERVICE
- FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES
- FIBRE OPTIC CABLE
- FILE TRANSFER
- FIREWALL
- FIXED LINE TELEPHONY
- FREE CALL
- FRIACO - Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination
FAX or FACSIMILE
A system which provides the facility to transmit an exact copy image of a document from one location to another over the telephone network.
| external links: | Digital Mail fax, phone and email messaging services efax.co.uk fax by email, web and broadcast services - no relation to efax.com which is a US based service fax.co.uk email to fax and SMS services |
| information sheets: | Fax by email and web and broadcasting services |
FAX PREFERENCE SERVICE
Service established by the Direct Marketing Association to help reduce the chances of customers receiving unsolicited advertising communications via fax.
| external links: | Fax Preference Service |
| FAQs: | What can I do about junk fax messages? |
| information sheets: | Fax by email and web and broadcasting services Marketing by telephone or fax Update and clean mailing lists |
| related index entries: | DATA PROTECTION TELEPHONE PREFERENCE SERVICE |
FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES
| external links: | Federation of Small Businesses |
FIBRE OPTIC CABLE
Fibre optic cables are a direct replacement for conventional copper wire, co-axial cable and many forms of radio as the medium of transmission of electronic information. Signals are transmitted digitally as pulses of light, offering superior quality, high volume broadband transmissions and the capacity for a large number of channels.
FILE TRANSFER
The transfer of data files from one machine to another.
| information sheets: | Mobile Networking Using High Speed Data Services Storing and transferring your data |
FIREWALL
Provides protection to a network from hacking and unauthorised access by filtering types of data, sources and destinations.
| external links: | Equiinet Equiinet supply server appliances which make Internet connectivity, the administration of security and control of users easier for non-technical business managers. |
| information sheets: | Router riddles: networking your Internet connection What is a server appliance - and why do you need one? |
| related index entries: | SECURITY |
FIXED LINE TELEPHONY
The term used for wired (copper and other cable) connections.
FREE CALL
An automated reverse charge mechanism whereby the caller pays nothing and the company receiving the call pays all charges. Free call or "freefone" numbers usually begin with 0800, 0500 or 0321.
| related index entries: | TELEPHONE NUMBERS |
FRIACO - Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination
The scheme whereby ISPs can offer unmetered access to their customers because BT and other operators offer fixed rates to them. ISPs still have to assess their bandwidth needs in advance and pay accordingly so congestion and engaged tones can occur. FRIACO is not designed for always-on access and most ISPs will drop the connection if there is no traffic and/or after a fixed time - say 2 hours. They may also reject customers who are considered to be flouting their terms of use - read the supply agreement!
| external links: | Net 4 Nowt Lists and reviews ISPs and their services The List A list and reviews of UK ISPs |
| information sheets: | Buyer's guide to the Internet Getting connected to the Internet Improving Internet connectivity Non-geographic and premium rate number services |
| related index entries: | BROADBAND INTERNET |
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