Broadband internet | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 06/01/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access


00:01:02 1 History
00:06:14 2 Availability
00:08:01 2.1 Speed
00:11:29 2.2 Network congestion
00:13:22 2.3 Outages
00:14:41 3 Technologies
00:16:39 3.1 Hardwired broadband access
00:17:06 3.1.1 Dial-up access
00:18:28 3.1.2 Multilink dial-up
00:19:14 3.1.3 Integrated Services Digital Network
00:20:49 3.1.4 Leased lines
00:24:38 3.1.5 Cable Internet access
00:26:31 3.1.6 Digital subscriber line (DSL, ADSL, SDSL, and VDSL)
00:29:27 3.1.7 DSL Rings
00:29:51 3.1.8 Fiber to the home
00:31:35 3.1.9 Power-line Internet
00:33:23 3.1.10 ATM and Frame Relay
00:34:20 3.2 Wireless broadband access
00:34:39 3.2.1 Satellite broadband
00:37:37 3.2.2 Mobile broadband
00:39:42 3.2.3 WiMAX
00:41:01 3.2.4 Wireless ISP
00:43:32 3.2.5 Local Multipoint Distribution Service
00:44:35 3.3 Hybrid Access Networks
00:45:10 3.4 Non-commercial alternatives for using Internet services
00:45:22 3.4.1 Grassroots wireless networking movements
00:46:33 3.4.2 Packet radio
00:47:01 3.4.3 Sneakernet
00:48:20 4 Pricing and spending
00:52:56 5 Digital divide
00:56:19 5.1 Growth in number of users
00:57:20 5.2 Bandwidth divide
00:59:13 5.3 In the United States
01:00:35 5.4 Rural access
01:02:57 5.5 Access as a civil or human right
01:11:49 5.6 Network neutrality
01:13:12 6 Natural disasters and access



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Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web. Various technologies, at a wide range of speeds have been used by Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide this service.
Internet access was once rare, but has grown rapidly. In 1995, only 0.04 percent of the world's population had access, with well over half of those living in the United States, and consumer use was through dial-up. By the first decade of the 21st century, many consumers in developed nations used faster broadband technology, and by 2014, 41 percent of the world's population had access, broadband was almost ubiquitous worldwide, and global average connection speeds exceeded 1 Mbit/s..