Materials
- Provides lists of Internet access providers, or ISP's. 11-99
Papers
- Argues that cable modems are the best solution.
- Provides answers to basic questions, for consumers. 1-00
- Discusses the difference between the two high speed options.
- Provides links to 8 very short articles on high speed connections to Internet services.
- Provides listing of Internet service providers by country, state, or area code. Lists thousands of providers.
- Provides reviews for 12 leading Internet service providers. IBM Internet Connection and Mindspring received their recommendations.
Purchase Resources
- Pricing of AOL services changed in December, 1996, increasing the number of users dramatically. Article discusses the consequences.
- PC Magazine gave AOL its Editor's Choice award for best online service and also gave it high marks as an Internet service provider. Pricing changed in December, 1996, increasing the number of users dramatically. See related article, AOL's Jamming With Unlimited Usage.
- Allows use of the Internet through a cable modem. Considered 350 times faster than a 28.8-kbps modem, but only for receiving information that has been optimized and not for sending. Limited availability as of January, 1997.
- Allows use of the Internet through a cable modem. Considered 350 times faster than a 28.8-kbps modem, but only for receiving information that has been optimized and not for sending. Limited availability as of January, 1997.
- Allows use of the Internet and telephone simultaneously and at up to 50 times the speed of a 28.8k modem.
- Allows use of the Internet and telephone simultaneously and at up to 100 times the speed of a 28.8k modem. 9-99
- Provides TV and Internet through one service satellite. Internet access speed up to 200kps for downloads. This is seven times the speed of a 28.8kps modem, the current standard.
- PC World placed IBM Internet Connection among its top two recommendations.
- PC Magazine gave MindSpring its highest ratings for service and PC World placed it among its top two recommendations.
- Provides data through the satellite at up to 400-Kbps, but data can only be sent at 28.8-kbps or modem speed. 2-00
- Provides sources for satellite-based Internet and TV hardware and services, including installation, that can be purchased online. Internet access speed up to 200kps for downloads. This is seven times the speed of a 28.8kps modem, the current standard.
- Allows Web pages to be loaded using two modems on your computer simultaneously, allowing for twice the speed. Recommended in theOctober 1999 issue of PC Computing. 9-99
- Reviews the various vendors for Web TV and makes recommendations.