SimplySwitch has calculated that if someone surfs the net for just two hours per week, and pays for their
dial-up by the minute, they would save money by switching to broadband.
However, with more than 40 per cent of British households now connected to broadband - and many more expected to subscribe this year - Simply Switch said
dial-up services are effectively being priced out of the market.
According to SimplySwitch, broadband packages also offer other advantages such as free telephone calls and faster connections, than
dial-up, enabling users to download larger files, use a wireless connection and watch videos online.
The $59.95 product, which already includes unlimited
dial-up access worth $9 a month and three domain-name e-mail boxes worth $18 a month, now also features:
Accelerated
dial-up reportedly works with any
dial-up Internet connection by compressing the data that is being downloaded from the Internet, and features format reduction, data compression and caching.
But while the technology has been received enthusiastically in some quarters, others appear more reticent about using WiFi, citing the relatively high price for services compared with standard fixed-line
dial-ups and broadband services.
Dial-up customers may balk at the initial $400 cost for Sky Fiber's modem.
There are many ways to achieve this, but the simplest and most economical method is to tap into the Internet with a national
dial-up Internet service provider (ISP) such as Earthlink, CompuServe, AT&T or Microsoft Network.
Through the console server's single point of access via
dial-up or LAN/WAN connectivity, system administrators can easily obtain status, manage servers, and diagnose problems.
Wired Environments will offer this unique
dial-up service powered by Datatone
Dial-Up Access.
Analysts estimate the company could acquire up to 200,000 new clients in the deal, including those subscribed to C&W's Campus
Dial-Up service, which provides Internet to U.S.
Some of these companies are currently in negotiations with Telecom to start sharing the charges applied to
dial-up access, following the model pioneered in the UK.