This process works fine on traditional analog wires, that is, twisted-pair copper wires. But it works much better and much faster over broadband. Digital transmissions can be 100 times faster. With digital broadband networks, no dialing is required. Your connection is always on, instantly available to you at the touch of a button.
Telecommunications services are as fast as their slowest link.
The challenge we face is to bring broadband to all Americans. For most of us, that means making the last mile to the home broadband-ready. It also means increasing overall capacity, especially in the internet backbone, and speeding the arrival of wireless and other new broadband technologies. Fortunately, there are pending bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate that would help.