Erm, lol? Be a bit more specific. Your ISP is just your internet service provider, like BT or AOL or something.
HOME->Telephone Exchange->Local Fibre (supports 100mbps)->Major Fibre Line (supports 1000mbps)->branches off to server you are retrieving information from. Thats the gist of it I think. You have your isp that controls the port speeds and monitors your download/upload etc. But they then branch off to a bandwidth or fibre link wholesaler if not they use their own network. That is for adsl, its more or less the same for cable except it goes - HOME->ISP's local fibre line->ISP's node->Major Fibre Line (supports 1000mbps)->branches off to server you are retrieving information from. Please correct me if I am wrong.
dude how did you even know what he was talking about lol i thought he ment how does internet work... i wasn't even going to attempt that lol
So, for example I download a file from US when I'm in asia, how does this work? US->ISP->Major brach->??
maybe because It's posted on the www(WORLD WIDE web)? and everybody knows that the web is linked through .DeFuZioN
richboy, shut up.. I think it's something like the following: your Asia servers bounce satellites to US, it may have to make multiple jumps, though.. And that's what slows down the actual download speeds, depending on how many jumps you make.
i'm waiting for a new internet to come out.. i mean think about... the internet is basically been the same for the past 20 years...
You follow defuzions step thru, but thru that, your request goes thru many peoples computers until it finally reaches the server that you want. if you work in a complex building, it might go thru 5 computers (servers) before it even leaves the building. If it's in your country, it might go thru 10 to 20, international... well, you get the point. This is why the internet and TCP/IP is considered an insecure network because you request things that are sent to other peoples computers also, this is where SSL's come into play. Find a tutorial or a book on that.
