What is Dial-Up Internet Access?
Dial-up internet access uses your existing phone line and a local toll-free access number to create a temporary connection to the Internet, so you can “surf the web”, send e-mail, use “instant messaging” or “internet chat”. Dial-up is slow, but inexpensive. Can I make my dial-up faster? Yes! Using special software, called “web accelerator” software, web pages and emails download much faster than normal (up to 5 times faster). How much does it cost? Anza Valley Networks offers standard 56K dial-up residential Internet access and “high-speed” dial-up residential Internet access. Please refer to the chart below for pricing and account details. Every dial-up account comes with a free e-mail address (POP3 and webmail), complete with anti-virus and junk mail filters. RESIDENTIAL DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS PLANS Plan Monthly Terms Quarterly Terms Annual Terms High Speed Max Hours E-Mail Accounts Web-Mail Web Page Silver $14.95 $44.85 $149.50 Yes 200 3 Yes Yes (1 GB) What do our customers say? He
Dial-up Internet access is a type of Internet connectivity that operates through a standard telephone line. By running the telephone line to a modem device in the personal computer, and configuring the computer to dial a specific phone number, the computer is granted Internet access. Dial-up Internet access is offered through a number of Internet service providers (ISPs). Most ISPs lease a set of telephone numbers, sometimes local, sometimes national, that dial into network pipelines that feed into the Internet. Subscribers to the ISP normally pay a monthly or yearly fee. For this fee, the subscriber can access the Internet any time of the day or night to cruise the World Wide Web, send and receive email, participate in IRC chat rooms and USENET newsgroups. Before a person can subscribe to a dial-up service, he or she must have a computer and dial-up modem. A modem is an inexpensive component that fits into a free slot inside the computer. There are also external modems that sit alongs
