16 Facts About High-Speed Internet

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High-Speed Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the High-Speed Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web.

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High-Speed Internet access is sold by High-Speed Internet service providers delivering connectivity at a wide range of data transfer rates via various networking technologies.

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High-Speed Internet developed from the ARPANET, which was funded by the US government to support projects within the government and at universities and research laboratories in the US – but grew over time to include most of the world's large universities and the research arms of many technology companies.

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The core of these broadband High-Speed Internet technologies are complementary MOS digital circuits, the speed capabilities of which were extended with innovative design techniques.

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Wireless, satellite and microwave High-Speed Internet are often used in rural, undeveloped, or other hard to serve areas where wired High-Speed Internet is not readily available.

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Dial-up High-Speed Internet access uses a modem and a phone call placed over the public switched telephone network to connect to a pool of modems operated by an ISP.

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Cable High-Speed Internet provides access using a cable modem on hybrid fiber coaxial wiring originally developed to carry television signals.

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Power-line High-Speed Internet, known as Broadband over power lines, carries High-Speed Internet data on a conductor that is used for electric power transmission.

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Power-line Internet has developed faster in Europe than in the U S due to a historical difference in power system design philosophies.

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Mobile broadband is the marketing term for wireless High-Speed Internet access delivered through mobile phone towers to computers, mobile phones, and other digital devices using portable modems.

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Some mobile services allow more than one device to be connected to the High-Speed Internet using a single cellular connection using a process called tethering.

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High-Speed Internet access is limited by the relation between pricing and available resources to spend.

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13.

Whether someone has access to the High-Speed Internet can depend greatly on financial status, geographical location as well as government policies.

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14.

High-Speed Internet access has changed the way in which many people think and has become an integral part of people's economic, political, and social lives.

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Access to the High-Speed Internet grew from an estimated 10 million people in 1993, to almost 40 million in 1995, to 670 million in 2002, and to 2.

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Several countries have adopted laws requiring the state to work to ensure that High-Speed Internet access is broadly available or preventing the state from unreasonably restricting an individual's access to information and the High-Speed Internet:.

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