| It was not long ago, that the term internet made | | | | Browsing the net through broadband is possible |
| its entry into our daily life. The arrival of this | | | | from anyplace. For this purpose, the downloading |
| technology really transformed the world of | | | | or setting up of dedicated software is not |
| communication around us. Internet is a series of | | | | compulsory. It just needs a simple cable or DSL |
| interconnected computer networks that transmit | | | | modem with potential for accessing the World |
| data by packet switching using the standard | | | | Wide Web. The installation procedure is trouble |
| internet protocol. Generally known as a "network | | | | free and the costs of setting up are quite nominal. |
| of networks," it consists of millions of smaller, | | | | All these factors contribute to the growing |
| domestic, academic, business and government | | | | popularity of these services. Until a couple of |
| networks. The first TCP/IP-wide area network | | | | years, the broadband installation was an |
| became operational in 1983. But it took another | | | | expensive affair. But now, with the changing |
| seven years for the commercial usage of the | | | | scenario, it has become an affordable business. |
| same. As per the latest statistics, there are 1.319 | | | | The process of "logging in" to this world wide |
| billion users of the net around the globe. | | | | network has a long list of merits, which in turn |
| The emergence of internet as a strong medium | | | | make it popular among the masses. |
| of communication has taken the world miles | | | | Internet - by offering a variety of services - has |
| ahead. The high speed technology has made the | | | | touched each and every strand of our lives. It |
| lives easier and comfortable. Gone are old days | | | | acts as a mode of connectivity at every hour of |
| when we had to wait in long queues in front of | | | | the day. Be it shopping, entertainment or business, |
| post offices for receiving and sending mails. | | | | a world without the net is unimaginable. In the era |
| Sending and checking of mails or downloading the | | | | of online shopping, when a large share of the |
| favourite tracks has become quite a regular | | | | business is done online, it is impossible even to |
| feature. The restrictions over the usage of dial up | | | | think of a world without the same. Due to the |
| connections no more exist. They are now | | | | extensive use of broadband, it becomes |
| replaced with broadband services. For those who | | | | necessary to have reliable and fast connections. |
| stay at locations where DSL connectivity is not | | | | Broadband internet plans play the role of an |
| available, the broadband access often becomes | | | | alternative to the conventional dial up access |
| the next logical option. The accessing of the net | | | | where the data transfers are not fast. It provides |
| through broadband is ideal for taking up gaming | | | | reliable and dedicated high speed net connections |
| challenges as well. | | | | that offer a higher data transmission rate. |