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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]
Canada's DATAPAC was the world's first public data network designed specifically for X.25 when it opened for use in 1976. [7]A 1983 project to network approximately 20 Canadian universities was initiated and driven at the University of Guelph by a small team including Bob McQueen, Kent Percival and Peter Jaspers-Fayer with the aim to share files and transfer emails.
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. [1]
DSLReports a (see "Online Status" [6]) North American-oriented broadband information and review site based in New York City. [7] The site's main focus is on internet, phone, cable TV, fiber optics, and wireless services in the United States and Canada, as well as other countries (United Kingdom and Australia).
This is an alphabetical list of notable internet service providers in Canada. [ 1 ] Among Canada's biggest internet service providers (ISP) are Bell , Rogers , Telus , and Shaw —with the former two being the largest in Ontario , and the latter two dominating western provinces .
Modern ADSL filter/splitter (left) and filter (right). ADSL works by using spectrum above the band used by voice telephone calls. [1] With a DSL filter, often called splitter, the frequency bands are isolated, permitting a single telephone line to be used for both ADSL service and telephone calls at the same time.
In Canada, Rogers Hi-Speed Internet and Bell Canada have imposed bandwidth caps. [106] In 2008 Time Warner began experimenting with usage-based pricing in Beaumont, Texas. [ 109 ] In 2009 an effort by Time Warner to expand usage-based pricing into the Rochester, New York area met with public resistance, however, and was abandoned. [ 110 ]
Naked DSL, commonly known as dry DSL in Canada, consists of a DSL service without a traditional home phone service. Bell does not charge any additional fees for dry DSL service; previously, there was a charge of $4 per month. Bell charges resellers a monthly fee ranging from $7.25 to $25.10 and a one-time activation fee for dry DSL service.