Dial-up Internet access in the context of "Internet access"

⭐ In the context of Internet access, dial-up connections are considered…

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⭐ Core Definition: Dial-up Internet access

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 which could be connected using an RJ-11 connector. Dial-up connections use modems to decode audio signals into data to send to a router or computer, and to encode signals from the latter two devices to send to another modem at the ISP.

Dial-up Internet reached its peak popularity during the dot-com bubble. This was in large part because broadband Internet did not become widely used until well into the 2000s. Since then, most dial-up access has been replaced by broadband.

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👉 Dial-up Internet access in the context of Internet access

Internet access is a facility or service that provides connectivity for a computer, a computer network, or other network device to the Internet, and for individuals or organizations to access or use applications such as email and the World Wide Web. Internet access is offered for sale by an international hierarchy of Internet service providers (ISPs) using various networking technologies. At the retail level, many organizations, including municipal entities, also provide cost-free access to the general public. Types of connections range from fixed-line cable (such as DSL and fiber optic) to mobile (via cellular) and satellite.

The availability of Internet access to the general public began with the commercialization of the early Internet in the early 1990s, and has grown with the availability of useful applications, such as the World Wide Web. In 1995, only 0.04 percent of the world's population had access, with well over half of those living in the United States and consumer use was through dial-up. By the first decade of the 21st century, many consumers in developed nations used faster broadband technology. By 2014, 41 percent of the world's population had access, broadband was almost ubiquitous worldwide, and global average connection speeds exceeded one megabit per second.

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Dial-up Internet access in the context of Broadband

In telecommunications, broadband or high speed is the wide-bandwidth data transmission that uses signals at a wide spread of frequencies or several different simultaneous frequencies. It is used in fast Internet access where the transmission medium can be coaxial cable, optical fiber, wireless Internet (radio), twisted pair cable, or satellite.

Originally used to mean "using a wide-spread frequency" and for services that were analog at the lowest level, in the context of Internet access, "broadband" is now often used to mean any high-speed Internet access that is seemingly always "on" and is faster than dial-up access over traditional analog or ISDN PSTN services.

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Dial-up Internet access in the context of Telephone network

A telephone network is a telecommunications network that connects telephones to support calls between them that facilitate human communication. The technology eventually came to be used for communication between humans and machines (i.e. fax and dial-up Internet access) although today this has been replaced with digital technologies.

The world was transformed in the 1920s as the phone became ubiquitous; with people sharing news, ideas, and personal information. During the 1990s, the phone helped transform the world again with the advent of computers, sophisticated communication devices, and via dial-up internet.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Internet access ← Broadband ← Telephone network ← High-speed Internet ← Broadband internet access ← Internet connection
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Modem → Internet access → Public switched telephone network → Internet service provider → Telephone number → Telephone line → Router (computing) → Dot-com bubble → Broadband →