what is the "pre paid data" when speaking of high speed internet?
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This refers to a "pay as you go" billing system for your internet connection.  It theoretically would work similar to a cellphone plan - where you buy mintues for the month, rather than just pay for a line with unlimited connection potential.\n\nWith pre paid data, the ISP keeps track of how much data traffic you send and recieve and bills you for it - rather than billing you a flat rate (say 29.99/month for some standard broadband service).\n\nPros, might be great for the average light web user.\n\nCons, would make an online gamer bleed through the wallet, or anyone using P2P services which require you to upload a file while you download it.
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It is wireless router standards.  They tell you at what maximum speed the router will transmit or receive data.  The highest standard is G.
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Well the trend is already showing us that the internet is going to be almost like interactive tv with dynamic content (aka Web 2.0) and video will be found everywhere. We will be able to think of web pages more like channels and eventually it will merge so much with TV that we will probably start using the computer for both surfing and watching shows (example is ABC offering episodes of their tv shows for free on their website).\n\nThe bandwidth of cable is going to go to fiber optics for sure (Verizon has already started offering fiber to the home in parts of the east USA) and once that becomes common place, data transfer will almost be limitless.\n\nWe will become a species of instant information gradification and  totally dependent on information and communication. That is just the sad truth. However, I think it will also allow us to work from home and on the road as mobility will also increase.\n\nAs a technology expert, I am a bit anxious to build this future, as long as they stay out of implants in the skin, I am fine with it all. Every day I am helping to build this future and having fun doing it.\n\nThanks for the question.
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For the internet, speeds of 45 MB/s are considered fast. The company I work for has an OC3 link which is 155 MB/s
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High speed cable internet is pretty good. I have comcast and pay less than $50.
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Its Very Easy , u need to check these things..must\n1) U shud have a Wireless Network Card , \n2) U shud have a Wireless Router or Access Point Connected to the High Speed Router\n3) just connect to the Wireless Signal , and then you are own your own . surf  the whole world ..with just a click .\nthanks \nbye
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BellSouth has a $25/mo plan. It is 256/128. I have that at my office and it is more than adequite. If you notice most sites only let you download at 150kbs to 350kbs. Unless you are running several computer or updating computers while trying to surf the net you will not notice the difference. \ni did a major security update for a customer today, AVG, Spybot, SpywareGuard, SpyBlaster, Defender, and SyGate and they never topped 300kbs and that was with Cox Cable at my home. 6Mb&#92;768kbs. Tell BellSouth you want to downgrade to the DSL Lite package. They do not care. \nFYI Cox offers a similar package of 256kbs/256kbs for $25/mo
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I believe that there is a Yahoo Business contact that has information like that. Though I would guess that it is not free. Or there are places in the US that gather information of a consumer based on their internet usage and such. They have been in the news in recent months due to security breaches, Sorry I don't recall the name. Those would be the places that I would look for that kind of information.
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You need to call AT&T and ask; right now we are rolling out FTTN {Fiber to the Node} with the intention to use it to proved all of your communication needs.  I believe that is what you are referring to, but I am not at work, so I cannot look it up {they call it a number of different things in different places because of all of our recent mergers}.  If it is, you will be one lucky sap bro, they are going in hot in heavy to buy the market from the competition, the prices will rise in the future of course, but they are intending to provide your TV, Phone and Internet connection for about $80, it will be a steel, get in on it if you can.  You will not be able to beat the speed or quality of this connection, when you get it.\n\nThe reason why I believe it is that is because there has been no announcement of change the DSL title to High Speed and I think they would want that known company wide, they are trying to get everyone on the same page as fast as they can.\n\nJohn B.
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Depends...do you really need all 100GB of data? There are sites that give you 5GB free. If you need 100GB of data, I think thats very cheap. \n\nYou should do some research for better deals, but to me, that sounds like a decent offer.
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If you're asking for a high speed ISP, I'm afraid you're out of luck. If you've got a WiFi card, you could try to get some free Internet from neighbors with an unsecured wireless access point (note: this may or may not be legal, if it is and you get caught, don't blame me). Otherwise, there is Netzero/Juno. They offer ad supported dialup for 10 hours a month for free. It might take some good eyes, but the link for a free account is buried somewhere in their site. If you don't mind a banner of ads taking up a fair amount of screen real estate while you're online and you don't plan on using it for more than 10 hours a month, this should be fine.
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(m)\n\nBroadband Internet access, often shortened to "broadband Internet" or just "broadband", is a high data-transmission rate internet connection. DSL and cable modem, both popular consumer broadband technologies, are typically capable of transmitting 256 kilobits per second or more, starting at approximately four times the speed of a modem using a standard digital telephone line.\n\nBroadband Internet access became a rapidly developing market in many areas in the early 2000s; one study found that broadband Internet usage in the United States grew from 6% in June 2000 to over 30% in 2003.[1]\n\nModern consumer broadband implementations, up to 30 Mbit/s, are several hundred times faster than those available at the time of the popularization of the Internet (such as ISDN and 56 kbit/s) while costing less than ISDN and sometimes no more than 56 kbit/s; though performance and costs vary widely between countries.\nBroadband is often called high-speed Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data. In general, any connection to the customer of 256 kbit/s (0.256 Mbit/s) or more is considered broadband Internet. The International Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T) recommendation I.113 has defined broadband as a transmission capacity that is faster than primary rate ISDN, at 1.5 to 2 Mbit/s. The FCC definition of broadband is 200 kbit/s (0.2 Mbit/s) in one direction, and advanced broadband is at least 200 kbit/s in both directions. The OECD has defined broadband as 256 kbit/s in at least one direction and this bit rate is the most common baseline that is marketed as "broadband" around the world. There is no specific bitrate defined by the industry, however, and "broadband" can mean lower-bitrate transmission methods. Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use this to advantage, in marketing lower-bitrate connections as broadband.\n\nIn practice, the advertised bandwidth is not always reliably available to the customer; ISPs often allow a greater number of subscribers than their backbone connection can handle, under the assumption that most users will not be using their full connection capacity very frequently. This aggregation strategy works more often than not, so users can typically burst to their full bandwidth most of the time; however, peer-to-peer file sharing systems, often requiring extended durations of high bandwidth, stress these assumptions, and can cause major problems for ISPs who have excessively overbooked their capacity. For more on this topic, see traffic shaping. As takeup for these introductory products increases, telcos are starting to offer higher bit rate services. For existing connections, this most of the time simply involves reconfiguring the existing equipment at each end of the connection.\n\nAs the bandwidth delivered to end-users increases, the market expects that video on demand services streamed over the Internet will become more popular, though at the present time such services generally require specialised networks. The data rates on most broadband services still do not suffice to provide good quality video, as MPEG-2 quality video requires about 6 Mbit/s for good results. Adequate video for some purposes becomes possible at lower data rates, with rates of 768 kbit/s and 384 kbit/s used for some video conferencing applications. The MPEG-4 format delivers high-quality video at 2 Mbit/s, at the high end of cable modem and ADSL performance.
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Call me a suck-up, but AT&T-Yahoo!'s High Speed Internet access offers 1.5mbps (theoretically) access for $12.99/mo. Personally, that seems quite a good deal. Hope this helps!
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Kevingp12 \n"i think he means internet provider not internet browser."\n\nUnfortunately No.\n\nMost free ISP's have either changed to low cost service or gone out of business "IE Freeweb, Juno, Etc. \n\nNone of them were high speed only dialup service.
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i honestly dont know but i can tell you that cable high speed internet is much better than dial up and dsl put together
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What do you mean by "fast" connections? I have a 256 kbps no limits always on Airtel DSL (broadband) connection in Delhi, and Airtel doubles the speed at night - so I get 512 kbps, and I am able to download loads of stuff, and very fast too. \nAnd I pay 1K for it a month, which isnt eating into my pocket too much.
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Country living near a big city and high speed internet access.