K.C. Wireless
High-Speed Internet Access
(with "No Strings Attached")
What Is Accelerated Dial-up Internet?
High-Speed Internet Access
(with "No Strings Attached")
What Is Accelerated Dial-up Internet?
How It Works:
What is often advertised as "high-speed dial-up Internet" or "accelerated
dial-up" by service providers such as Earthlink and NetZero in the United
States is a form of dial-up access that utilizes the newer modem standard
v.92 to shorten the log-on (or handshake) process, and then once a connection
has been established the provider will selectively compress, filter, and
cache data being sent to the users home with the overall effect of increasing
the speed of browsing most standard web pages. The term high speed
can be misleading as these processes do not increase the overall throughput
of the line, only making more efficient use of the bandwidth that is already
there. Certain applications cannot be accelerated, such as shttp
(secure banking, ordering, etc.), streaming media, or file transfers. The
compression of certain files such as pictures can have a negative affect
on the browsing experience of the user, due to the lower quality that it
imposes. However, the user can manually choose to view the images in true
quality whenever he or she chooses to do so.
Availability:
Dial-up is usually the only choice available for most rural or remote
areas where getting a broadband connection is impossible due to low population
and demand. Sometimes dial-up access may also be an alternative to people
who have limited budgets. We offer standard and accelerated dial-up almost
anywhere.
KC Wireless is providing dial-up in the following locations:
Altoona
Bedford
Berlin
Boswell
Carrolltown
Central City
Confluence
Davidsville
Ebensburg
Geistown
Farmington
Friedens
Listie
Jennerstown
Johnstown
Meyersdale
New Centerville
New Lexington
Ohiopyle
Paint
Portage
Rockwood
Salisbury
Seanor
Shanksville
Sipesville
Somerset
Stoystown
Thomas Mills
Windber
Use this link to find your local access numbers
We are not responsible for you making a toll charge to access this service.
Contact Information:
Contact Person:
Candy Custer
Telephone:
814-445-7143
(Mon. – Sat. 8 am – 7 pm)
Closed Sundays
Postal Address:
K.C. Wireless
1143 Coleman Station Road
Friedens PA 15541
Electronic Mail:
For Information, Sales, and
Customer Support: candycane@kuggie.com
Technical Support and Webmaster:
kuggie@kuggie.com
Send mail to kuggie@kuggie.com
with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: October 19,
2007