Archive for November 2011
The fact is, that no matter what you do on the Internet, you can use more speed. Even online chatters and shoppers can use a boost of speed, so they can spend more time having fun and less time starring at their blank screen, waiting for something to happen. For others though, such as online gamers and business people, speed is a necessity that can be a contributing factor in whether or not their goals are met to their expectations and standards.
New Software is Now Available
Even if you have the latest in broadband high speed cable service technology are you aware that you can still have faster service? Also, if you are using standard dial up service now, you don’t have to change your service to finally get more speed out of your computer service. All this is possible due to the fact that there is new software that is available that can make your computer even faster on the Internet.
The Old Method
Computer speed on the Internet is measured in kilobites per second. In the past, people who were curious about the speed that they had available to them had a simple home Internet speed test that they would use. They would simply download a data file into their computer and time how long it took with a stop watch. While this did work for timing download speed, upload speed was another story all together.
A Far More Accurate Test
Online services now offer a far more comprehensive and complete Internet speed test that measures both the download and the upload speed, for a total number that is the actual speed of the computer service. This online Internet speed test is accomplished by the online service sending a data file, that is then downloaded into a computer. Then the file is uploaded back again to the sender and the combined process is timed. This is a far more accurate test, that can be then used to guage the effect of subsequent measures that may be taken to upgrade a computers total online speed.
It’s no secret that telephone and cable companies are now
offering bundled services that include phone, television, and
Internet service on the same bill, and many times for a lower
price than if you had purchased your services separately. One
can’t really say the telephone company bundle is better than the
cable company bundle, or the opposite since they both have their
pros and cons that just come with the technology that deliver
the services.
When you order a bundled package from a phone
company, you cannot get cable TV as part of that bundle. Why?
Because it’s a phone company! The phone company, and cable
company are long time rivals, and are in no way going to share a
cut of the market if they don’t have to. This means the phone
company has to find some other way to deliver TV service to your
home, and this is normally satellite TV supplied by Dish Network,
or DirecTV.
Now, don’t go to DirecTV or Dish Network and ask
them for phone service because they’re going to laugh at you. I
won’t go into too much detail as to why because all you really
need to know is there are only to kind of companies that offer a
bundled plan, and those are cable, and phone companies. Getting
back to the differences in technologies, your phone company will
also always supply dialup, or DSL Internet service, and most
likely landline phone service.
On the other hand, your cable company will obviously supply
cable TV service, but their phone service is digital. There’s
really nothing fancy about it, you just pick up the phone, and
dial the number you want to call the same way you always have.
You’ll just be paying your cable company for your phone service.
Your cable company will also supply high speed Internet through
your cable line, and most users agree cable Internet is a little
faster than DSL.
Since cable Internet, and DSL are both broadband Internet services,
you can use both for anything you may need a broadband Internet
connection for. Assuming you have a choice between the two where
you live, one thing you may want to consider is while cable
Internet is a little faster than DSL, and the TV service a
little more reliable, you can only get your cell phone service
as part of a bundle through your phone company. It wouldn’t
surprise me if the cable companies came out with their own form
of cellular in the next few years, but as of today cellular is
strictly Ma and Pa Bell.
This article will allow consumers to educate themselves on the best deals possible for bundled services. In the ever changing and ultra competitive world of telecom many consumers can be confused with the many different bundled plans and services most phone companies now offer. With the implementation of bundled services consumers can now have most all telecom products (phone, tv, internet, wireless) and services provided by the same company at a lower rate than having multiple service providers. This article will categorically break down plans provided by most major telecom service providers available in th US. Each provider will be rated based on blanket availability, services offered, and cost effectiveness. These are comprehensive reviews based on research and not personal experience. Phone Companies Beware this article is designed to educate consumers and provide the best possible options for telecom services.
First up AT&T The monopolizing entity of the Big 3 phone companies few can compete with the blanket availability of AT&T’s products and services worldwide. Being one of only three telecom companies that also offer wireless phone service as a part of its residential bundle which also includes its unlimited calling plan phone service, satellite TV Through Dish Network and of course the world famous ATT Yahoo DSL. Few companies can compete, but there are cheaper bundled service plans out there especially for the consumer that is not interested in cellular phone service. Here is an example of the services offered and billing for the AT&T Residential bundled services plan.
Phone Service- Order AT&T All Distance Online Select(SM) online and get unlimited local and domestic direct-dialed long distance plus great calling features.
TV Service- AT&T | DISH Network entertainment package with over 60 of America’s favorite channels. Includes local channels Plus Free DVR.
High Speed Internet- Yahoo DSL ATT,Plus, order Express online and receive 1 month FREE! (New residential DSL customers only. Bill credit applied after three months paid service. See offer details.)
Wireless Cell Phone- Cingular Nation 450 anytime minutes Cingular Wireless