How Freshweb Dial
works
Currently all Internet Service Providers connect their customers to
the Internet with the aid of one of the four companies (called Tier
1 providers) who own the global infrastructure that is the backbone
of the Internet. ISP's purchase the required amount of connection
to the Internet (called bandwidth) from the Tier 1 providers based
on the number of users each ISP has. See diagram below.
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| Due to the cost of bandwidth, ISP's calculate
their need based on the number of users that they believe will connect
at any one time, (usually 1 in 100). However it is likely that 20
to 30 users in every 100 will be online at peak times, this is known
as contention. This means you share your connection with other users
slowing you down to an unbearable speed or preventing connection to
the Internet altogether. With our free dialup service we will always
provide enough bandwidth to allow all of our users to get online at
any one time at the optimum speed of your equipment.
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Diagram
to show how contention is similar to traffic congestion.
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ISP quiet time |

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