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When you log on to the Internet you are given access to many of the other computers that are connected around the world.

On the Internet, usenet news is distributed bulletin board that offers a combination news and discussion service on thousands of topics.

An Internet T-1 is a high speed Internet connection that may be delivered to your business on two pairs of unshielded twisted copper wires (one pair for transmit and one pair for receive). The combination of these two simplex (unidirectional) circuits yields a full duplex symmetrical (bidirectional) circuit or may be delivered on fiber optic lines where fiber is available.

As a computer network joining two (or more) computers together in a session, the Internet it is basically transparent to what it carries such as electronic mail, research material, shopping requests, video, images, voice phone calls, requests for information, faxes, or anything that can be digitized, placed in a packet of information and sent.

World Wide Web sites sit on computers around the world that house many types of data that is shared using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocoland) across data circuits that connect each computer to any and all of the other computers on the Internet.

You can use Ethernet to connect your network to the Internet, extend your LAN to remote employees, trading partners, or an Ethernet-powered Wide Area Network (WAN). Connecting to the Internet over Ethernet is becoming a popular carrier service.

Compare Internet solutions offered over fiber, copper, wireless, and serial connections from multiple providers.

A Tier 2 Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a local Internet provider offering T1 or DS3 service in a regional area that might have their own facilities interconnecting different serving offices in a region, but they would have to send the traffic to a Tier I provider if the traffic goes outside their region. Tier 2 ISPs makes money by buying a fixed amount of bandwidth, and then selling it to many subscribers at an over-subscription ratio that maintains a diluted version of Tier 1 performance that is still acceptable in service quality.

Virtual Private Network (VPN) service providers usually offer a defined service level agreement (SLA) with their VPN service.

Find out how much money you will save your company by getting the lowest T3 Internet rates on the market.