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2. Which internet companies have the fastest internet? Map ... - AOL

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   When shopping for an internet provider, you'll be choosing from the fixed broadband list. If you want to know which cell phone provider gets the fastest speeds, check out the mobile broadband options.

3. Internet - Wikipedia

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   The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. . It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologi

4. Wide area network - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A wide area network ( WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits. [1] Businesses, as well as schools and government entities, use wide area networks to relay data to staff, students, clients, buyers and suppliers from ...

5. Metropolitan area network - Wikipedia

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   Wide (WAN) Cloud. Internet. Interplanetary Internet. v. t. e. A metropolitan area network ( MAN) is a computer network that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic region of the size of a metropolitan area. The term MAN is applied to the interconnection of local area networks (LANs) in a city into a single larger network ...

6. Local area network - Wikipedia

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   A local area network ( LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. [1] By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits .

7. Dial-up Internet access - Wikipedia

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   See media help. Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line. Dial-up connections use modems to decode audio signals into data to send to ...