The
amount of Bandwidth actually provided
and the Price are the two most important variables to
consider in comparing the Value offered by different
Internet Service Providers.
Bandwidth - IDS's
Guaranteed - Dedicated (always-on) - Internet Service is provided on a
1 to 1 ratio: which means (for example) that for every 200 kbps of Guaranteed
Internet Service that IDS
sells, IDS
provides a direct connection to the Internet dedicated to that specific
Customer's 200 kbps of Service. This
direct connection is provided through IDS's
inter-connection with one of the top ten Internet Network Peering
companies in the world.
DSL and Cable Internet companies do not offer Guaranteed Bandwidth (unless
you buy at least a T-1 line). If you read the small print (if you can),
on their advertisements, it says that their service is not Guaranteed,
but rather just "Up To" the amount of Bandwidth that they advertise;
which means that you could get significantly less then you think you are
paying for. The DSL and Cable Internet companies do what is called "Oversubscription".
They sell their Bandwidth, usually, at a ratio of at least 20 to 1; which
means that for every 1 Mbps of available Bandwidth, they sell that same
1 Mbps to twenty customers at the same time! If it turns out that two
or more of their customers are using the internet simultaneously, which
is most likely, then the 1 Mbps of Bandwidth is divided up between those
users. If everybody tried to use their Service at the same time, the actual
available Bandwidth per customer could end up as low as 50 kbps; which
is less then normal dial-up service!
If you do a speed test (click on the
link at the bottom of this page), most likely the
Download/Upload speeds that you will receive will be less then the amount
that you are supposed to be getting or at least that is advertised by
your current provider (unless you read the fine print, which does not
Guarantee anything and usually only says "Up To"). With
IDS
you don't have to read the small print, because there isn't any! You can
trust what IDS
says, because IDS
tells the truth about the Services that it offers. Unlike DSL and Cable
Internet providers, IDS
doesn't hide anything, it lets you know right up front what you are getting:
whether it be Guaranteed and/or "Up To" Bandwidth.
Price - You can get for instance 1.5 Mbps
(a little less than a T-1, 1.544 Mbps) of Guaranteed, Dedicated and Symmetrical
(both Upload and Download the same) Bandwidth from IDS
for only $150.00/mth (please compare our pricing with that of the
local phone company's T-1 price and you'll understand the Value
that IDS
offers).
IDS
does not provide only "Up To" Service as its main offering,
as most DSL and Cable Internet providers do, but rather offers "Up
To" Service as an add-on or extra; at a greatly reduced price.
With IDS
we let you know right up front, right here and now on our Home Page and
not in small print, that our "Up To" Internet Service could
be "Oversubscribed" up until a 10 to 1 ratio, but we only charge
for it one tenth (1/10) of the Price of our Guaranteed Bandwidth. In addition,
the minimum Internet Service that we sell is a Guaranteed, Dedicated and
Symmetrical 200 kbps for only $20.00/mth, which means that no Customer
of ours will ever have less then true Broadband speed available to them
at all times.
When IDS
Guarantees 1 Mbps, you get 1 Mbps! You definitely get MORE
Bandwidth for less money with IDS!
