I was recently at my bank, and the teller asked me how much I knew about internet providers. She had no idea, and in fact, she didn’t even know I was online from my phone. She asked if I knew what an internet provider was. I honestly didn’t. What she did know is that I have internet since I was in middle school, and I am not an expert in this area. She was very surprised when I did.
I guess what I was trying to say is that most people dont really know how internet providers work. As a matter of fact, internet providers are the same as telephones for most people. They are basically “telephone numbers” (which would explain why so many people know how to dial them). You would think with all this information, I would be able to get a decent answer. Apparently I was not.
In general, most people know about some of the internet’s services. Most people have a telephone number, and some of us use some of the internet’s advanced services.
The problem is that it is very difficult for most internet providers to keep up with all the new technological developments in the industry. For example, in 2005 my ISP decided to move my data connection to the internet from a dial up modem, allowing my data connection speeds to increase dramatically. In the end, I was forced to move to a Verizon service for the better internet.
I’m not going to cover that here because it is a subject well covered elsewhere on the web. But there are some interesting tidbits of industry intel from the folks at Internets services. The basic idea is that internets services are companies that provide internet connections. The vast majority of these internet services are in Europe and China.
One of those services does not include the ability to change your provider. All of the services we are going to discuss in this article also do not include the ability to change your provider, and they do allow you to change your data plan for the entire month.
With so much data coming in and going out of their networks, there are bound to be some glitches. One of the more notable ones that we witnessed was this morning when my ISP provider’s server went down. After we had gone through our regular data rate billing, it took a day or two to get everything back up with us.
Some of the ISPs we spoke to will offer you the ability to “unlock” your data plan to a different carrier at a set monthly price. This can be an easy way to save money on your monthly service while still getting the best speeds available. However, if your data is slowing down or you can’t see any changes in your data plans, this can be a problem. Your provider may be able to unlock your data for you, but we have found that most do not.
This is why we recommend you look for data plans that are the best deal possible. If you can pay $20 a month for a 4G LTE plan or $10 a month for a 3G plan, then you can get your data to go for $10. Otherwise, you will often have to buy a new, higher speed plan.
If your internet speed is anything like ours, it probably is. However, if you are going to be using the internet, there are some speed drops, especially at peak times of the day, which can be annoying. It doesn’t matter if you are getting 4G data or 3G data, as long as you are connected to the internet.
