Who Still Uses Dial Up?

The tm online availability of broadband these days means that malaysia climate up usage is slowly on streamyx bandwidth decline but who still uses such services? To understand who is using such services we first need to understand why people would use such services. The obvious choice would be cost. Dial up is in essence a pay streamyx combo application you go service where users have no need to opt into lengthy on going contracts. This is very appealing to many as people can pay for kl they use. This often results in cheaper bills at the end of the month.

The interesting thing about broadband is that in fact many users only use around 10% of their bandwidth. This is because they use the internet for routine activities such as checking their emails, which require little bandwidth. People in many cases are paying for something they don't need. Consumers are given so many choices in regards to broadband but what extra benefits besides speed do they really get?

So now that we understand why people would use dial up who is using it? The main group of people who are still using dial up are people who simply can't access broadband. Some areas of the country simply don't get the coverage. Over time the number of people in this group will decline as broadband availability is vastly improving. This is especially true when you consider the recent influx of mobile broadband.

Another large section of the population who still use dial up include none believers. People who have no desire to use broadband as they can do exactly what they need with existing dial up. They just want to be able to check their mail and view their favorite sites. Dial up speeds are also surprisingly quick as contention rates have gone down.

Finally some businesses use dial up connections to upload nightly receipts. This means they can keep their main network running freely and rates can be cheaper through dial up for some businesses.

In conclusion dial up is still heavily used but in the next high speed dial up years we expect to see the number of users drop dramatically.

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South Korean telecom firm KTF has just announced a cleaning robot which can be controlled by a tm net streamyx bill cellphone. The robot -- called the CW100 -- was built in collaboration with Microbot, and is a "smart" vacuum (much like a Roomba). The CW100 uses an onboard video camera to send live images of what it's tmnet combo to the mobile phone, and the user can then remotely control it using the keypad. The bot will be sold for KRW 500,000 (about $370) in conjunction with a data plan that runs KRW 5,000 (about $3.70) per month. Sounds pretty affordable and awesome to us -- as long as it doesn't run over the family cat. Check out another photo after the break.

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