Strike Up the Bandwidth Rogers AR

Posted by : Don Fitzwater Bandwidth featurehed: Strike up the bandwidthdek: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have plenty of options when it comes to Internet connectivity.dek: wireless access could be the next big thing.

Today, one thing remains certain--if you are in business, you need to have some sort of connectivity to the Internet. Whether it is simply e-mail accounts or a full-fledged e-commerce-enabled Web site, you need to be able to hook up to the Internet.

So what are your options for Internet connectivity? For the sake of this discussion, we'll presume you simply need to connect your business's office network to the Internet (regardless of whether you are hosting e-mail or Web sites in-house or out-of-house). What we are concerned with is simply what kinds of bandwidth services are available and how much should you expect to pay for them. Of course, not all connection options are as fast or reliable, hence the difference in costs. Our job is to give you the information and options with which to find the best value for your company.

Direct dial-up

One of the oldest forms of Internet connectivity is direct dial-up. You contract with an Internet service provider (ISP), which sets up an account for you on its network. Your computer and modem dials the phone number the ISP gave you and connects to the ISP's network. From there you can send and receive e-mail, surf the Web, post to news lists, and so on. Pricing for such serv...

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