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July 20, 2009 at 5:58 pm
· Filed under Charter internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged broadband, cable, charter, Charter internet, dls, fios, high speed internet, high speed internet providers, high speed junky, internet, technology
If you thought cable was going away since the emergence of FiOS and Att’s Uverse, think again. Charter internet Fat Band as they call it is planning on offering speeds up to 60Mbps. This service is currently being tested and launched in the St. Louis region, but they soon have plans to roll this service out to other areas of the country to compete with the verizon and At&t’s super high speed internet offerings.
As with any provider, you have to stay ahead of the curve when innovating or you will be left behind. If you plan to build infrastructure to compete with existing offerings, by the time you roll out the plan and put the infrastructure in place, it will be obsolete. So their strategy has proven smart by planning and offering speed levels that are currently unmatched in the US.
If you rely on the internet for your business, view multimedia on a continual basis, or are an avid gamer, you better hope that Charter launches in a community near you. This is simply a service that you can’t do without if it reaches your area. Lookout for FatBand Internet because Ultra60 is headed to a neighborhood near you.
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June 5, 2009 at 5:56 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, internet ·Tagged broadband, dsl, dsl providers, dsl service providers, high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet, internet providers, internet service providers, technology, uncle sam
Legislators have recently jumped on the bandwagon to protect Internet consumers from being sold out by their ISPs. Several advertising companies have been paying ISPs to release detailed information about their consumers as to their demographics, Internet habits, and any other consumer information. Congress doesn’t like and they are doing something about it. When you agree to sign up for your ISP, make sure that you aren’t giving them “carte blanche” to give out your information to make them more money and fill your life with frustration of pop-ups and spam.
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September 8, 2008 at 5:21 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged att, broadband, cable, comcast, dls, fios, high speed internet, high speed internet providers, high speed junky, internet, technology, time warner, verizon
If you are a high speed junky, in addition to getting the fastest high speed internet line available, you may want to consider testing out different browsers. There are many stable browsers to choose from and it all depends on your needs. If you visit many sites with javascript, for example, you may want to try the new Google Chrome browser that is in beta. I’ve found it to power through these pages at least twice as fast as other explorer. If you are more high tech and like to add pluggins, I would venture to say that Firefox is the best platform to use. Good plugins can drastically reduce the time it takes to research things on the net when used properly. And if you just want to keep ti simple and don’t like change, there is nothing wrong with the good ole, internet explorer.
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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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July 4, 2008 at 7:13 am
· Filed under Charter internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged Charter internet, high speed internet
DOCSIS 3.0 (Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications) technology is the latest way of delivering high-speed Internet in fiber-optic cable networks. This offers the fastest internet in the US in both home and business subscribers of Comcast. It has a download speed of 50Mbps and 5 Mbps uploads. Comcast, the country’s leading provider of entertainment and communication services, expects to deliver faster speeds of up to 100 Mbps in the next two years and even 160 Mbps download speed in the future. This is the company’s answer to the demand of internet user’s ever increasing interactive applications nowadays. Other internet providers like Charter Internet broadband access also have something in their sleeves. What will be next?
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June 30, 2008 at 7:13 am
· Filed under comcast, high speed internet, internet ·Tagged Comcast DSL, dsl, internet provider
Comcast DSL internet provider announced that they will increase their upstream speeds of their high speed internet subscribers without any additional cost. Uploading speed will increase double the number of their usual 6 Mbps/383 Kbps and 8 Mbps/ 768 Kbps plans. According to Comcast, this upgrade is to for the benefit of their subscribers especially today when interactive application is at its peak. As you may recall, the company announced earlier this year that they will be improving their service. Along with this upgrade is Comcast’s PowerBoost(TM) technology for a faster download speed up to 12 Mbps at no additional cost.
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June 26, 2008 at 3:54 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged broadband, Comcast DSL, internet
When choosing a broadband provider comparable to Comcast Specials or even web hosts and domain name registrars, privacy guarantees that we see in their ads may not be the only thing that matters though it’s also as important as other factors like credibility and the cost. Users should also know where these providers stand in terms of customers’ rights. Most providers backslide when responding to this challenge. They should know how to respond to users and fight for the rights of their subscribers. This can likewise be beneficial for the provider in improving their service by attending to the needs of the users.
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June 22, 2008 at 3:40 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged Charter internet, high speed internet
Users have been longing to have internet TV on their big screens. And Time Warner is making the first step to make it possible. According to the cable company, it will be as short as a year or two to popularize this technology. It will be comparable to Apple TV and TiVo where users can download movies in the internet and watch it in their own TV sets. But, internet TV is still in it’s early stages and cable companies like Charter Internet products and services are still on the move to promote this technology, which includes video recording, to their subscribers.
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June 18, 2008 at 3:52 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged broadband, Charter internet, high speed internet
Time Warner Internet, will be testing a metered internet access in Beaumont, Texas. It may sound crazy but for people who don’t use the internet often may benefit from this. For internet heavy users this sounds alarming and most cable internet subscribers will definitely prefer phone companies. Time Warner subscriber can check their data consumption in a web based application and only new subscribers will be a part of the test. High-speed customers will be charged $1 for every gigabyte used. This seems reasonable enough for internet users who do not use internet access often but can be horrible for business and heavy internet users at home. It seems like after the providers’ successful test; many others will probably follow like Charter Internet broadband service and others.
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June 14, 2008 at 7:00 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged internet, technology, time warner internet
Customers are aware of the tight competition between cable comparable to Time Warner Road Runner Internet access provider and phone companies. Now that they extended services another arm for broadband the question is, what does it take to be on top? Customer feedbacks from your neighbors are just a part of it. News and feedbacks can also be found on website reviews all around the net. And, a good customer service is all that it takes to win. Doing the right thing for customers like us, is all that it takes to know that we are getting the right service that we paying for.
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December 5, 2007 at 5:27 pm
· Filed under high speed internet, high speed internet providers, internet ·Tagged high speed internet providers
While you evaluate High Speed Internet Providers (ISP), there are several things to consider in order to avoid a costly mistake. Some ISP’s can lock you down with lengthy contracts for the “after promotional” period.
Believe it or not, there is an easy process that can help make a smart choice. When I evaluated High Speed Internet Service Providers, I took the following approach.
- Make a short list of what you are planning on using your new service for. Is it for emails, casual internet surfing, large file transfers, or maybe watching the latest show on streaming video. I categorize them between medium, fast, faster, lightning speed.
- You now want to consider the pros and cons of DSL vs Cable Internet. Always on connection? Does the speed decrease when more users in your area are connected or is it a dedicated line? And what may or may not be available in your area?
- Line up the services that are availabe in your area at your desired speed. I like comparing specific services at specific speeds. This helps compare apples to apples.
I will dedicate future posts to further explain each of the steps above to help you High Speed Internet Providers decision making process.
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