High Speed Internet Service

Jun.12, 2010 in Computers

When you’re going to buy an Internet connection, it is very important to choose a good Internet provider. So you have plenty of choices. You will find out that two main Internet connections became more popular than others. These are Satellite and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). With the advent of broadband, these two types of Internet connection have been able to provide fast Internet access to users around the world. Check here High Speed Internet to learn more about high speed Internet provider.

Satellite Internet will use satellites located around Earth to beam and receive signals to the end-users. So to have a satellite connection, you need first a satellite dish from your Internet provider, and also a satellite modem that is going to be connected to your PC. In order to send (and to receive) good and strong Internet signal, the dish will have to be well aligned. You should be aware that those satellites will but point to a single area over Earth at any moment, so it is required to have the dish pointing to the satellite. In Antarctica, like in many places all over the world, you can get satellite Internet. Therefore users who do not have regular phone line coverage in their area would find satellite Internet useful. If you do travel a lot, you can get portable satellite modem. A built-in signal monitor will enable those modems to correctly point to the satellites orbiting the planet. Despite all those good things, PC users having a satellite Internet connection will have high latency in the signal because the satellite is far from the modem. Besides being expensive, a satellite Internet connection will be affected by bad weather like rain. Check here High Speed DSL Internet Access to learn more about high speed DSL internet providers while here High Speed Cable Internet Service for info about high speed cable Internet.

ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) is the common form of broadband Internet that is being used by lots of people all over the world. In order to have a DSL connection installed, all you need is a regular telephone connection at your place. Here is how works such technology: using your regular phone line (in an asynchronously way), you will have both the phone calls and the Internet datas working at the same time. Normally, your phone line will be splitted with a microfilter enabled DSL filter. This way, the DSL line will go to the ADSL router while your phone calls will go to your phone. With a DSL connection, you will get high speed Internet service. However, DSL is highly technical and hard to troubleshoot once a problem comes up. There are some Internet providers (ISP) that do offer DSL even if you don’t have an existing phone line connection.

In the following table, you will see the pros and cons of both the satellite Internet connection and the DSL/Cable one:

Satellite Internet

High speed Internet
Available anywhere
Latency: high
Highly priced
Easy to repair problems

DSL/Cable

High speed Internet
Available only at limited locations with telephone service provider coverage
Low latency
Price: reasonable
Easy if you know what to do