Why
is iNetCi Internet
SO MUCH Faster?
The overall performance of your
Internet connection depends on many things, not just the speed of your
modem connection. The first, and one of the most important things,
is bandwidth availability. It doesn't matter how fast you are
connected to your provider, if the data isn't there, your connection is
slow. iNetCi makes sure the data is there and makes more bandwidth
available because we don't share your connection with hundreds or
thousands of other users in other towns. iNetCi has purchased
dedicated, high-speed bandwidth and connects you directly to that
bandwidth.
The graphic below shows a typical connection to
another provider*:
iNetCi's connection to the Internet is much
different, as shown here:
Because there are not so many
users in so many different places sharing the connection, more of the
connection is available to you. In addition, our Primary Service
Provider is connected to many different Backbone Providers, which provides
for better reliability. If the connection to one Internet Backbone
goes down, traffic is automatically routed to another to keep your
Internet service running.
All About Data Compression
If the bandwidth is there, that
means the data is there waiting to get to your computer. The next
task is getting the data to your computer faster. This is where data
compression comes in. This takes a little more explaining.
Data, such as the data that makes
up a web page you're trying to access, is made up of ones and zeros.
Each one or zero is called a bit. When we talk about a 56K
connection, we really mean a 56Kbps, or 56K (56,000) bits per
second. For demonstration, let's say you have a 50K modem
connection. This means that your modem can download 50,000 bits of
data in one second. If you download something that is made up of
exactly 50,000 bits of data, it takes one second to transfer that to your
computer. If you download 200,000 bits, it takes 4 seconds.
Keep that in mind as we go on.
You may already be familiar with
data compression and not even know it. If you've ever downloaded a
ZIP file, you've downloaded a compressed file. For example,
if you have a 10 megabyte document, it can often be compressed into
a 1 megabyte ZIP file, which makes it fit onto a floppy disk, or faster to
download from the Internet.
Going back to the example of
downloading 200,000 bits in 4 seconds, if we have a server that compresses
that down to 50,000 bits before transferring it to your computer, we can
transfer those 50,000 bits in only 1 second, rather than 4. As long
as your computer can convert that data back to the original 200,000 bits,
all you see is that you downloaded 200,000 bits of data in 1 second, FOUR
TIMES FASTER!. Every single computer is capable of doing this!
And iNetCi's servers compress the data so that you can download it faster,
and therefore your Internet access is much faster than with other
providers.
Additionally, iNetCi supports the
new V.92 communication protocol which makes minor improvements to
performance while adding new features like modem-on-hold, which allows you
to receive important phone calls on the same line while your connected to
the Internet. For users with newer V.92 capable modems, they also
get a new type of data compression, called V.44 compression, which further
increases the rate at which you can transfer data from the Internet to
your computer.
The end result is this:
Blazing fast, HIGH-SPEED Dial-Up Internet! The data is more
available, and because our servers compress it so that it gets to your
computer faster, your Internet can run 2 to 3 times faster than with other
providers, even with the same modem connection speed. A real-world
comparison chart between iNetCi dial-up service and another local provider
is available by clicking here.
But don't
take our word for it! Give it a try for yourself. You can give
iNetCi Internet a risk-free, no-obligation test drive, with NO UP-FRONT
COSTS. It's really easy and you don't have to cancel service with
your current provider to do it! Just email us at sales@inetci.net
for more information!
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