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If you’ve ever come across an abbreviation such as FTTH or FTTB in a tariff description and simply skimmed past it — this article is just for you. In fact, behind these confusing letters lies a fairly simple concept that’s easy to grasp even without a technical background. Let’s take a look at what these technologies are, how they differ, and which one Maxnet uses.

The lights have gone out, you’ve got your power bank to hand, the cable’s plugged in — yet the router is either completely silent or switches on for a couple of seconds before immediately switching off again. It’s a familiar situation if you’ve ever tried to keep your home Internet running during a power cut, isn’t it? And it’s not that the router is faulty or the power bank is «rubbish» — it’s simply that the electricity supply doesn’t tolerate rough estimates, and there are usually several reasons why a direct connection doesn’t work.

Today, generative neural networks have become so adept at imitating reality that photos created by artificial intelligence increasingly go unnoticed even by the most discerning viewer. We explore what deepfakes are, why they're no longer just a fun way to use filters, and how to distinguish AI-generated videos and photos from the real thing.

Sooner or later, the topic of entrance hall security comes up in any block’s chat group: whether it’s someone systematically scratching or damaging cars in the car park, flowers disappearing from the flowerbeds by the entrance, building rubble being dumped in the bins where it doesn’t belong, or someone turning the stairwell into a toilet. The logical next step is to install a CCTV system in the Homeowners’ Association (HOA). But this immediately raises a number of questions: is it legal, who has access to the cameras, how much does it cost, and who will actually be responsible for managing it? Let’s take a look at these points in turn, drawing on real-life examples of such systems being installed by our specialists.

Just a couple of decades ago, the idea of a hero hacking into a system with just a few keystrokes seemed like pure cinematic fiction. Today, however, news of data breaches, attacks on government registers or yet another cryptocurrency scam appears literally every week — and films about hackers have suddenly ceased to seem like science fiction. If this sort of subject interests you just as much as a classic detective story or thriller, we’ve put together a selection of films about programmers and cybercriminals especially for you.

You may have come across this situation: you try to open your website — but it’s unavailable. Your email isn’t working, customers can’t submit enquiries… Yet the reason turns out to be much simpler than it seems: your domain has expired. The good news is that in most cases, the situation can still be rectified — the key is not to delay. Let’s take a look at what happens when a domain registration expires, how to restore it, and how to avoid this in future.

If you have a small website, shared hosting will probably be enough for you. It’s a bit like a coworking space: everyone works in the same space and shares the same resources. But when your project starts to grow rapidly, the shared resources may no longer be sufficient — and that’s when you should start thinking about moving to your own VPS or VDS. Let’s find out what signs indicate that the time has come.

A cable running from the router across the whole room, an extension lead under the TV, a tangle of cables under the computer desk — a familiar sight in almost every flat that wasn’t refurbished yesterday. It’s possible to hide cables without a major refurbishment involving cutting into the walls — all you need are a few simple tools and a bit of imagination. In the world of electrical engineering and technology, there’s even a specific term for this — cable management. Let’s take a look at why cable management is needed in a typical flat, which methods for concealing cables actually work, and which social media «life hacks» are best avoided.

If you want to register a website, type in your chosen name — and instead of seeing a price of $10 a year, you’ll see tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars. It sounds like a joke, but deals like this have actually happened. Admittedly, there’s an important caveat: sometimes it wasn’t just the domain name that was bought, but the entire business along with it. Let’s take a look at which records belong to company sales and which to domain name sales themselves, and why a simple word in the address bar is sometimes worth more than a house, a plane or even a small factory.

When a customer sees a regular mobile number on a website, they can't help but wonder if they'll have to pay for the call, or if they'll be dialing a private number instead of a company. A toll-free hotline immediately allays this concern — the very appearance of the 0-800 number says, «Call, it's free, and we're here to help». In this article, we'll explore what business numbers like 0-800 are, why being free for customers builds trust, and who should really consider adding such a number to their website.