Is There Still A Place For Dial-up Internet Access?

If you were among the early web surfers of the 90s, then your only option for connecting to the web would have been a dial-up connection. This technology involves connecting a PC to the telephone line by means of a modem and configuring the browser to dial the number of a selected ISP that will accept the connection when providing the correct user name and password. Although it does the job, a dial-up internet connection is unsuitable for many of today’s more demanding internet activities.

Bandwidth-hungry applications like voice over IP (VOIP), streaming video, online gaming and teleconferencing have made a stable and fast connection mandatory and the slower dial-up internet connection is quite often unable to support the rapid download speed and wider bandwidth requirements. Even today’s interactive web pages with their Flash and Java technologies may not always load completely via a dial-up connection before the host server times the application out.

However, it has been repeatedly shown that the most common requirement of the internet user is the ability to send and receive email and that most spend little or no time browsing. For this purpose, a dial-up connection is invariably quite sufficient. Because, when accessing the web via a dial-up internet connection the service attracts, not only the ISP charge but also that of the telecoms provider, slower download speeds lead to bigger bills.

Despite the clear superiority of modern broadband technologies such as ADSL, most service providers continue to support dial-up internet access particularly, as in some locations, this may be the only available connectivity option. For business purposes, although shared dial-up internet access is possible across a network, the sheer demand for bandwidth is likely to render this impractical for more than a few users.

Whatever your internet requirements, whether it be dial-up internet or otherwise, contact NEDA Telecommunications for a cost-effective solution you can rely on.