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DIAL-UP CONNECTION



Dial-up connection

Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line. The user's computer or router uses an attached modem to encode and decode information into and from audio frequency signals, respectively



Dial up internet service is provided through several ISP. The majority of internet service providers give you a set of telephone numbers either national or local that allows you to dial into a network that feeds into the internet. This allows you to receive and send email, search the World Wide Web, participate in chat rooms and plenty of other features the web has to offer.
In order to get a dial up internet service a person must definitely have a computer and even more important a modem. There are different types of modems, and most of them are inexpensive to purchase. You can have an internal modem installed in a free slot of your computer, or you can have an external modem that's hooked up to the computer through cables. A telephone line is linked to the modem.


The dial-up connection today

Today, with multimedia and bigger web pages on the Internet most users have an un-enjoyable time browsing the Internet using a dial-up connection and try to use other options. Most users who have the available option use some form of broadband connection, which allows a much faster download and upload.



Q:     How does dial-up Internet work?

 
A:
Quick Answer

Dial-up Internet access uses the telephone network to connect a computer directly to an Internet-service provider. A modem in the computer is used to process incoming and outgoing information.

Full Answer

Dial-up Internet was used before broadband connections became commonplace in homes. While it has largely been phased out as broadband has been adopted, it is still used in some rural areas and other places to which Internet-service providers feel are too remote and low in population to run broadband cabling.

From the user's end, the only equipment required is a working telephone jack connected to the public telephone network and a computer with either an internal or external modem. An account is also needed with an Internet-service provider. Users initiate contact with the remote host when logging into their accounts. The modem uses "handshake" signals to first initialize the connection, then to make contact with the host and to provide the user's login credentials. This procedure is accompanied by a unique sequence of electronic noises that are instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever used a modem to connect to the Internet. Some Internet-service providers use an intermediate acceleration server to improve the speed of the handshake connection and also the delivery of content from the Internet.










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