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EarthLink logo from 1998–2015. EarthLink was founded in July 1994 by Sky Dayton when he was 23 years old. [9] Dayton was convinced of the need for a simple, user-friendly dial-up Internet service provider (ISP) after spending an entire week trying to configure his own computer for Internet access. [10]
This is a sortable list of broadband internet connection speed by country, ranked by Speedtest.net data for March 2024, [1] and with M-Lab data for June 2023 [2] Country/Territory Median
A 2013 Pew study on home broadband adoption found that 70% of consumers have a high-speed broadband connection. About a third of consumers reported a "wireless" high-speed connection, [8] but the report authors suspect that many of these consumers have mistakenly reported wireless connections to a wired DSL or cable connection. [9]
Broadband. A dial-up service connects to the internet through a phone line with a maximum speed of 56 kbps. Broadband refers to a connection that transmits a large amount of data at a high speed. A connection having a download speed of 256 kbps or faster is currently classified as broadband.
Altice USA (also known as Optimum); AT&T Internet; Charter Communications (also known as Spectrum); Comcast High Speed Internet (also known as Xfinity); Consolidated Communications (including FairPoint Communications)
In 2008, the FCC approved a broadband mapping plan which would examine availability by speed and "provide a more granular look at where broadband is available," according to a report in The Washington Post. [1] The Broadband Data Improvement Act was introduced by Senator Daniel Inouye in 2007 and became law on October 10, 2008. [3]
If you're using broadband (cable) internet and you can't connect, try the following troubleshooting steps in the order listed until you get up and running again. 1. Check if you can visit other sites with a different browser - If you can go to another site, the problem may be associated the browser you're using.
Red area is the frequency range used by normal voice telephony , the green (upstream) and blue (downstream) areas are used for ADSL. With commonly deployed ADSL over POTS (Annex A), the band from 26.075 kHz to 137.825 kHz is used for upstream communication, while 138–1104 kHz is used for downstream communication.