Everything High Speed From DSL Internet Service Providers to Fiber Optics

You want the ultra high speed of AT&T Uverse and Verizon FIOS, and check their availability.  After all, both carriers service your area.  So it surprises you to find that the latest in high speed connections and digital television is not available to you.  It might be available to your next door neighbor, or in the next zip code, but not by you.  Nuts!  What gives here?

These major companies have sunk a great deal of money into developing these networks, enabling users to bypass cable and DSL options.  It’s working.   In a nutshell, the networks are not fully developed yet. AT&T plans to offer Uverse to more than 30 million residential customers in the 22 states it serves by the end of 2010.  However, their schedule has taken some hits, and that may no longer be possible.  Verizon FIOS currently has 2.2 million subscribers.  They are adding approximately the same number of customers as Uverse every year. These services offer crystal clear phone sound, the highest broadband speed possible, and quality digital television.  You’ll know when they come to your area because the signs will go up in their phone stores.  Keep watching…and asking…

Broadband Internet can be referred to in many ways. Some call it by the shortened form, “broadband”, some say “high speed internet” while others even calls it “DSL”, like a general name for high speed internet even if it’s just a type of broadband service. People have come to the realization that broadband is a necessary expense for anyone in the 21st century. Broadband connection makes life in any typical, modern-day household more worth while even in our current economy situation. Broadband Internet came alive during our generation and it would be hard to comprehend not having access to this wonderful invention. For more information on high speed internet, you can go to Wikipedia and learn more about broadband internet access.

The latest news about High Speed Internet Providers is going from bad to worse. US broadband providers are proposing putting a cap on the bandwidth that consumers can use as well as increasing prices. The problem arises with people that abuse the amount of bandwidth they have and not the entire consumer base. So the solution should be target the mis-use not the general population. Furthermore, broadband providers should focus on increasing the speed that is being offered so that we can start competing with the rest of the world. In Korea and Japan, broadband costs one tenth of the price and offers speeds up to 100 Mbps. So lets focus on what would give the US a fair competitive field instead of trying to make an extra dollar by stifling or productivity.

Kizuna Satellite, Japan is the fastest satellite internet on the planet. Providing approximately 1.2 Gbps with a purpose of providing speed boost and internet connection even on worst disaster zones and far reached areas in Japan and Southeast Asia. The service will roll out on July after its setup process and once in position. Kizuna satellite is equipped with 2 multi-beam antennas, one for Japan and neighboring countries while the other is for the rest f the country in the Aisa-Pacific region. Another remarkable advancement for Japan, now the question is, who will be the next country to follow the lead?

The world’s fastest residential internet connection can be found nowhere else but the world leader in globalization, Sweden. Sigbritt Löthberg, a 75-year old woman owns the fastest internet connection in the world. Her 40 Gigabits per second connection can download a full length high definition movie in just 2 seconds. What’s her secret? She is using a modulation technique that transfers data directly to two different routers two thousand kilometers apart. She is no ordinary woman either. Peter Löthberg, an internet legend in Sweden who now currently works for Cisco, is her son. The demonstration is to show that there are more possibilities out there more than the ordinary copper wire networks.

As the battle for market broadband user market share expands, users may end up being hurt by the push. According the the Fiber-to-the-home Council, content and service providers are utilizing more and more bandwidth to deliver what the end user wants — Video. As the internet evolves, video will play a bigger role in how information is delivered over the net. What this means to the consumer is that the gap between low-speed and high speed internet access will grow larger as the demand for bandwidth grows.

For those of you lucky enough to live in Missouri and Illinois, and are in the coverage zone, you can finally enjoy lightening fast high speed internet through Charter Max high speed internet’s new offering. And the rest of us will have to wait until a other broadband providers decide to upgrade their speed for the rest of the country.

Charter High-Speed Internet Max is considered their premium tier plan and claims to be up to 9x as fast as DSL and 270x as fast as dial-up. They also have slower plans with download speeds up to 10 Mbps & 5 Mbps. At least that is the claim. But with Verizon’s FiOS clocking in upwards of 15 Mbps, they most certainly are refering to Verizons regular dsl, att’s regular dsl, and other providers in their market place.

It is worth checking out if you are in the coverage zone.

Since we are on the topic of fast computers and ultra fast ISP’s we might as well define and shed some light on what a quantum computer is. A quantum computer processes information through atoms and molecules vs. the traditional silicon-based PCs we know today. Quantum computers already exist, but have not been commercialized into what we would consider a practical system.

The only non-tech way to explain how this works is by discussing the old binary system. A square could only hold a value of 1 or 0. In a quantum environment, there could be values of 1 or 0 and all points in between 1 and 0.

For those interested, there is a wealth of information on howstuffworks.com.

If you are running Windows XP or 2000, the chances are that you may not be optimized for maximum speed while trying to surf the net. The reason being is that these two platforms are built on NT technology which is primarily configured for networking purposes not for long range communication across external servers on the web. In order to take advantage of the speed your high speed ISPs are giving you, you need to change some registry files and TCP settings. But before venturing out for this, be sure to make a backup. There are many resources out there so try Googleing “speeding up your computer.”