internet service providers

Online access sellers

Internet service providers are companies that supply access to the internet, typically for a monthly fee.

Commonly abbreviated ISP.

They range from massive telecommunications corporations offering bundled phone, television, and internet packages to small local operations serving rural areas.

I had to call my internet service provider about the outage.

companies

Comcast

Telecommunications and cable conglomerate

  • SpectrumTelecom brand name
  • AT&TTelecommunications conglomerate
  • VerizonTelecommunications corporation

Xfinity · CenturyLink · Cox · Frontier · T-Mobile · Orange · Vodafone · Rogers

broadband

fiber

Plant-based digestive aid

  • cableHeavy-duty woven line
  • DSLTelephone-line broadband service
  • satelliteOrbiting celestial body

gigabit · Mbps · Gbps · high-speed · unlimited · data cap · bandwidth · download · upload · throttling

infrastructure

modem

Digital-to-analog signal converter

Wi-Fi · LAN · WAN · node · datacenter · IP address · firewall · NAT · VPN · protocol

regulation

net neutrality

Equal treatment online

  • FCCBroadcast oversight agency
  • antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
  • monopolyOne seller, no substitutes

competition · deregulation · privacy · data protection · licensing · digital divide · legislation

customer

plan

Detailed proposal for achieving

  • pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
  • bundleGathered items tied together
  • contractEnforceable written agreement

billing · data cap · throttling · outage · installation · technician · support · upgrade · cancellation · complaint

Categories
Opposites
service role in connectivity

internet service providersend users

Ultimate product recipients

subscribers · consumers · customers

network layer function

internet service providersweb services

Network-accessible digital offerings

websites · online platforms · streaming services · cloud services · data centers

connectivity paradigm

internet service providerspostal services

Public mail delivery system

print media

Family

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