Archive for August, 2008
August 29, 2008 at 8:00 am
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged broadband, internet
Every day, more and more content becomes available on the Internet. The struggles of the traditional media companies attest to the fact that Internet media is rapidly replacing them. This means that so long as you have a fast Internet connection, you are in a great position to consider cancellation of many of your current communications and information services. If price is what is stopping you from getting broadband, it should be relatively easy to more than offset the cost with overall savings.
If you are going to rely on the Internet as your primary information source, you will soon become frustrated if you stick with a dial up service. Don’t forget to count the additional time you will save when you don’t have to clean up all that paper! You may find that you can replace your cable TV service with video streamed free of charge from the source or at a much lower price from a subscription-based Internet service. Voice over IP is becoming a viable alternative to the home phone, especially for those who primarily rely on their mobile phone.
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August 24, 2008 at 8:00 am
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged high speed DSL & Cable providers
Some high speed DSL & Cable providers implement fair use policies to restrict the bandwidth of high traffic users, giving preference to other users sharing the network. Typically, a policy will set a limit on bandwidth that may be consumed during a month and then throttle a user’s access speed once that limit has been exceeded. Internet Service providers claim that it is necessary for them to be able to service all of their subscribers fairly within the current fixed price model for Internet service.
Broadband providers are beginning to suggest that pricing models will need to change in order to deliver service at price points that will satisfy users of very different types of applications. Gamers and consumers of rich audio and video content consume much more bandwidth than people who primarily use the Internet for text-based communication. While these policies may be fair, there is no question that widespread adoption would have a chilling effect on the development of richer and more data intensive Internet applications.
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August 19, 2008 at 8:00 am
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged broadband options
The most widely available broadband options leverage the copper wire networks of the telephone and cable operators. VDSL is a faster variant of the older DSL broadband offered by telephone companies. Both types of network providers are investing in bringing higher bandwidth fiber optic cables closer to homes. Cell phone and satellite carriers offer truly mobile Internet services, but generally with less reliability than cabled networks. Broadband over power lines is a new option beginning to take hold in Europe.
Actual speeds achieved vary with the technology and by the degree to which an Internet Service Provider’s capacity has been sold (or oversold). Older DSL can deliver download speeds of approximately 7M bits per second, while newer ADSL is able to achieve 24M. Cable providers typically offer businesses 50K bits per second, while offering rates of 2-10M to consumers. Cellular Internet speeds vary with the speed at which the device is moving: approaching 400K at rest or pedestrian speeds and dropping below 200K bits per second in a moving vehicle. Satellite broadband available to consumers can deliver approximately 4M bits per second, but at a higher cost and with greater latency than DSL and cable offerings.
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August 14, 2008 at 8:00 am
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged Hard line broadband connections
If you connect wirelessly to the Internet with your mobile devices, you may have noticed that broadband network speeds can vary widely. Hard line broadband connections are usually more reliable. On some you can stream video programs very well, while on others the result is so choppy that it is not worth attempting. In the simplest terms, broadband can be defined as “an network providing service over an alternate connection to traditional phone lines, delivering a faster connection than is possible through dial up.”
Given the dial up modem benchmark speed of 56K bits per second, early broadband was defined at bit rates as low as 64K; however, the definition of minimum broadband speed has evolved as richer web applications have increased speed requirements for mainstream web use. Currently, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) now defines a minimum speed of 768K for broadband service.
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August 2, 2008 at 3:21 pm
· Filed under ATT Yahoo, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged ATT Yahoo DSL, broadband service
For those who haven’t switch to a broadband connection, this may be the best time to upgrade your old dial-up access. As the number of high speed providers’ increase, more options for a better and faster internet service are also increasing. With high speed internet, there’s no way to get busy signals, or even wait for long dialing time with a dial-up connection. It also allows faster download. Why wait to download your file or open your email attachment for several minutes if you can open it in just a few seconds. Broadband internet similar to AT&T DSL high speed access may seem pricey but if you come to think of it, you spend more in dial-up than having a broadband connection.
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