I live in Australia and have an account with Telstra's Bigpond - is that my service provider? Please help
2006-08-02 03:05:27 · 6 answers · asked by Tina B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You are correct. Your service provider is the company the provides you with the connections to the Internet. This is also known as your ISP (Internet Service Provider)
2006-08-02 03:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by fire4511 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the ISP is the service provider.
You may use AOL, but you would still go through your service provider, unless you have a telephone dial-up account that connects you to AOL's services. You might prefer to use Yahoo! or Netscape or some other online service as your "home page" and primary mail site - but you would still need to get ON the Internet to do so.
The "service provider" is your primary source of actually entering the Internet - whether from a dial-up provider, a cable TV provider, a broadband service using your telephone service as a connection path (but not actually interfering with your telephone operation), or a "wireless" provider. There is now also a way to deliver Internet connection through electrical power supply lines!
2006-08-02 10:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by Der Lange 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes an internet service provider is the one that links you to the internet.
2006-08-02 10:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by Cocoabutta98 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you connect through that company's network to access the internet then yes it's you ISP (Internet Service Provider).
2006-08-02 10:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by BKD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are an ISP (Internet Service Provider).
http://www.bigpond.com/
2006-08-02 10:13:36 · answer #5 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...they would be your service provider
2006-08-02 10:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by mtngal_1966 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋