Get faster Internet access over dial-up!

Ulink's exciting new Dial Broadband service offers you a low-cost, easy solution for immediately enhancing your dial-up experience. Dial Broadband intelligently determines the fastest and most efficient way to deliver web content, more than doubling the speed of the dial-up connection! There's no additional software or equipment required.

Dial Broadband bridges the gap between traditional dial-up access and broadband access technologies, such as DSL, cable, and wireless. Unlike these technologies, Dial Broadband is comparable in price to traditional dial-up access, available in all areas that dial-up is available, and requires no additional end-user software or equipment.

Dial Broadband vs. Traditional Dial-Up

Click on the "View Comparison" button below to view a demo of how Dial Broadband compares to traditional dial-up.

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Faster Web Surfing

Dial Broadband intelligently determines the fastest and most efficient way to deliver requested content to you without diminishing quality. It identifies each user's browser and dynamically determines the best optimization strategies for each file type. Users will experience faster loading of the following file types: HTML, GIF, JPEG, PNG, XML, JavaScript, Flash, and text.

Dial Broadband provides immediate performance benefits when tested on a 56K modem connection for the following file types:

Content Type Average Performance Gain
HTML Up to 20x
GIF 1.54x
JPEG 2.17x
PNG 1.54x
XML 2x
JAVA Up to 20x
Text Up to 20x
Flash Up to 1.25x

Benefits of Dial Broadband

  • Delivers web content 2 to 3 times faster over an existing dial-up connection
  • Low-cost alternative to DSL, cable, or wireless broadband access; comparable in price to dial-up
  • Available everywhere dial-up is available in California
  • Easy to use - just sign-up - no additional software or equipment required
  • Same day turn-up