The Truth About Dedicated and Shared Internet Access

We may have heard about shared and Dedicated internet access. But the fact is dedicated is not as dedicated as you might think, nor as consistent as claimed.

Everything is shared on the Internet
Dedicated Internet access is only true for the short stretch from dedicated user's site to the IPS's network. For most of the time, you're actually sharing with other clients, and the millions of users around the world. As the websites, music, video and other downloads are in this space, your speed really depends on the traffic on the Internet and the site you are visiting.

The myth of dedicated access and consistent speed
In fact, dedicated access cannot guarantee perfectly consistent speeds. Otherwise, dedicated users would enjoy the same speed throughout the day, every day of the week, peak or off-peak. Instead, they experience the same peak period slowdowns as everyone else.



"Don't believe when a service provider says that it is offering you dedicated access to the net. The Internet by and large, is a shared medium. How fast you download from a website depends a lot on the traffic on the net. ..it does not matter if someone offers a dedicated or shared network" -- From "Surfing on the fast track". SPH - Computer Times, 19 February 2003

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