| Life without computers and the Internet | | | | enhancing the rate of sending and |
| is unimaginable for modern society. From | | | | receiving data. |
| education to business and domestic to | | | | DSL, cable, wireless, satellite and ISDN |
| commercial matters, the World Wide Web | | | | Internet technologies have |
| has become an integral part of life, and | | | | revolutionized the concept of accessing |
| our dependency on it cannot be denied. | | | | the web. Various Internet Service |
| With the Internet ever expanding, the | | | | Providers (ISPs) offer one or all forms |
| applications supported are becoming | | | | of access technology, as per the |
| larger every day. From animation and | | | | requirements and budget of the final |
| high quality graphics and pictures, to | | | | consumer. While dial-up connections are |
| movies and music videos, the data being | | | | still the least expensive, newer |
| exchanged is rapidly increasing. Being | | | | technologies offer more services at |
| larger in size, these types of files may | | | | competitive prices. Earlier, accessing |
| typically take minutes to hours to | | | | the Internet required a fixed-point |
| download with conventional Internet | | | | connection, whether from home or the |
| access technologies. | | | | office. Now, satellite broadband and |
| With the demand for Internet access | | | | wireless Internet have overcome this |
| accelerating, novel methods are being | | | | restriction, making it possible to |
| devised to ensure hassle-free Internet | | | | access the net while on the move as |
| access. From the traditional method of | | | | well. |
| accessing the Internet via telephone | | | | With these cutting-edge technologies, |
| lines, to the latest technology of | | | | and more in the pipeline, high speed |
| satellite and wireless web access, | | | | Internet access has undergone a dynamic |
| Internet access technology has indeed | | | | transformation, giving unprecedented |
| come a long way. New Internet | | | | impetus to the concept of the World Wide |
| technologies facilitate the use of heavy | | | | Web. |
| applications at a faster pace by | | | | |