Internet Access Providers are also called Internet Service Providers is an organization, which facilitates the users with internet connection. Internet Access Providers can be of two types, the Wired Internet Access Providers and the Wireless Internet Access Providers. Internet Access Providers can be the owned by the telephone companies like Hutch, Airtel, VSNL, Tata Indicom, etc. they can also be owned privately with the help of sufficient finds, technological expertise and the necessary infrastructure.
Types of Internet Access Providers
Internet Access Providers can be divided into the following categories:
- Wired Internet Access Providers
- Wireless Internet Access Providers
Under the Wired Internet Access Providers there are the following types:
- Dial-up Internet Access Providers
- ISDN Internet Access Providers
- DSL Internet Access Providers
- Cable Internet Access Providers
- Fiber-Optic Internet Access Providers
- Power-line Internet Access Providers
Under the Wireless Internet Access Providers there are the following:
- Wi-fi Internet Access Providers
- WiBro Internet Access Providers
- WiMAX Internet Access Providers
- UMTS-TDD Internet Access Providers
- HSDPA Internet Access Providers
- EVDO Internet Access Providers
- Satellite Internet Access Providers
Functioning of Internet Access Providers
The Internet Access Providers work in the following manner:
They pay the upstream access providers for getting the connection and then they provide the connection to the end users, who in turn pay them for their services. The Internet Access Providers have a long network of access providers above them and this is a very complicated process leading to multiple Point if Presence.
