A blow to Dial Up internet as BT shuts down service

Yes, that’s right, BT have now shut down and switched off their whole dial up service. Dial up internet has been a hugely popular method of connecting to the internet, however, in recent years, due to new methods, many have ditched the method of dial up. Dial up has always been reliable and probably is still more reliable than more modern methods such as wireless, however, dial up is known for the frustratingly slow speeds.

As more and more start to ditch the trusty dial up internet connection, it took another huge blow as major multinational telecommunications company completely cut off all of its dial up services as they stated it was only a “tiny number” still actually using dial up to get onto the web. Additionally, a spokesperson also explained that most of the 6.8 million broadband customers have switched to much faster connections.

Many people have stuck with dial up internet, despite its slow speeds because they’ve used it for many years and has been reliable, however, many people still use this method of connection only because they live in areas where broadband will not be available, this is where the shutdown of BT dial up might be a problem for some internet users. After the BT shutdown, it meant that an estimated 1,000 people will now not be able to connect to the internet because of the area they live in. This is mainly due to phone lines not being able to support the newer technology.

Despite the feared problems in terms of accessing the internet, BT believes there isn’t any problems for anyone trying to gain access to the internet. A spokesman from the business stated "They will be too far from the telephone exchange to get any meaningful broadband. The distance means that the broadband signal degrades," he said.

Those who had to stick with dial-up would still be able to get such services from BT via its PlusNet subsidiary.

"No-one is being left without the option of an alternative service." After figures were released, an estimated 800,000 people still stayed loyal to the trusty dial up connection in 2010 however, it is claimed that that number has fallen significantly.

Due to the many changes in the way people access the internet and the many modern methods to actually browse the web, it seems that dial up users are fading in numbers and more and more companies may be forced to shut down their dial up services due to the extremely small number of those using dial up.

Author Bio: Jake is a keen writer who is extremely interested in Dial Up internet. He currently writes on behalf of Dial Up 247, providers of cheap dial up internet.