If you've been suffering from busy signals, getting "kicked off", lost email or ever-increasing prices, you'll be pleased to know there's another option!

offers value-priced dialup Internet service at a fraction of the cost of competitive Local Internet Service Providers (ISP's). Better still, we are able to offer an increased level of access and reliability that Local ISP's just can't match!

A dialup call is placed from the Customer's home or office to the Local ISP's "Point of Presence". When the customer has made a connection to the Local ISP, their username and password are authenticated, once with the Local ISP, and sometimes again with the Local ISP's upline Major Service Provider. Upon successful authentication, the Customer is given access to the Internet.

The Local ISP model has a number of obstacles that get in the way of consistent and reliable service. Because many Local ISPs are privately owned, major capital expenses to purchase new equipment and scale operations can cause traffic jams during peak usage while the company is experiencing "growing pains". Maintenance and ongoing operation of the local equipment also sometimes causes a delay in service when depending on a small, local provider.

Lastly, many Local ISPs do not have the resources to operate their services redundantly (known as "fault tolerance") and service interruptions can occur through multiple Points of Failure between your Phone Company Central Office and the Major Service Provider via your Local ISP. Because your dialup call needs to travel down two additional phone transmission lines, stopping at your Local ISP's building on the way, service reliability suffers. Any broken link in the chain: inbound phone lines; data circuits; power outages; or equipment failure, will cause an interruption to your service.

In order to avoid the potential failures found with Local ISPs, SwitchNow utilizes a statewide "switched port" system. With these switched ports, we are able to leverage the highly reliable and fault tolerant infrastructure of California's Regional Bell Operating Companies (e.g., Pacific Bell) to route incoming calls directly to our Central Operations center, bypassing the local Point of Presence and its associated risks. By centralizing network operations, we can offer increased reliability at a reduced cost, passing the savings on to you. What's more, you'll enjoy reliable and consistent local Internet access from virtually anywhere in California.

Benefits:

• Highly Reliable Statewide Switched Port System
  
  
• No Local ISP Overhead - Savings Passed on to You
  
  
• Easy and Fast Scalability to Accommodate Increased Customer Demand
  
  
• Service Level Guarantee - No Busy Signals or Your Money Back*

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