Dial-up waiting to die ...

In big cities and cities today, the choice of consumers' Internet access is leaning toward ADSL - broadband Internet service.

Internet access by dial-up connection has lost its foothold as ADSL service providers continue to cut prices along with various promotions such as giving modems, free installation, and monthly subscription fee reduction for this service .

Yield the land to ADSL

Currently, ISPs all admit that dial-up service is no longer a good "steak" piece, at least from the beginning of 2005 when customer demand for ADSL is increasing and The ability to meet this demand from ISPs also has positive changes.

Besides, the goal of ISPs is to not only provide ADSL for big cities and cities. For example, VVN's MegaVNN service constantly extends DSLAM to provinces, sometimes down to the commune. In HCMC today, VDC is also planning to cover ADSL to new districts. FPT Telecom and Viettel are also trying to "cover" ADSL new residential areas in suburban districts. Mr. Truong Dinh Anh, director of FPT Telecom could not hide his ambition with the plan in 2006: not only expanding his reputation with consumers, but also a way to quickly recover capital when accepting system investment. Technical for ADSL service.

According to our research, VDC's dial-up revenue is only 60-70% of the revenue from ADSL. At FPT Telecom, according to a responsible person of this unit, revenue from dial-up is not significant. In Viettel, in recent months, only customers are interested in ADSL, almost absent from subscribers using Dial-up.

Flap!

But even if they wanted to, ISPs could not give up dial-up right away. They have to wait for customers to give up. FPT Telecom announced that it did not develop more subscribers using dial-up services since early 2006, while other ISPs said they would try to maintain this service until possible.

Netnam, because it is considered to be the weakest ISP, there are still many moves to save emotion. Customers also use dial-up such as launching prepaid card with a face value of 150,000 VND with a time-consuming option. in a month. Saigon Postel Telecom (SPT) also launched dial-up package 24/24 worth 100,000 VND to customers who do not have access to ADSL.

Perhaps these are the last efforts of the weak ISPs but in the heart of these ISPs are no longer interested in this service. According to Mr. Nguyen Minh Cang (Netnam technical department in Ho Chi Minh City), Netnam is now moving dial-up services to the provinces, while in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi will focus on value-added services such as Web site design and applications.

Meanwhile, with the strength of infrastructure and nationwide coverage, VDC still receives registration and use dial-up service where no ADSL is available.

Forecast of the decline of dial-up, according to Mr. Cang: " Perhaps only a few years ".

To be fair, with a maximum download speed of 56Kbps (theoretical conditions), dial-up only meets small incremental applications such as PC to Phone or PC to PC phones, sending and receiving mail . , while more and more users need other applications with higher transmission capacity. Dial-up is nothing strange!