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So, do you want broadband Internet access or dial-up? What's the difference? Can you compare DSL vs. cable modem service? What about satellite? Basically, broadband Internet access is high speed Internet access that uses either a digital subscriber line (which we call DSL) or a cable Internet connection. DSL is provided over your normal phone line, while cable broadband Internet access comes over (you guessed it) your cable TV line. That means you can be online without tying up a phone line (even when you are using DSL Internet access!) Using advanced technology (so advanced even I don't understand it!) phone companies and cable TV providers figured out how to carry Internet access over their systems. All you need to do to take advantage of it is to buy either a DSL modem or a cable modem, and sign up with a broadband provider. If you've ever used dial-up, you'll notice a difference immediately when you get hooked up with high speed Internet services. It's blazing fast! Worst case scenario, you get broadband Internet access that's at least five times as fast as your regular dialup Internet service. Depending on how much you pay, you can boost speeds even more than that. Basic monthly DSL packages usually offer about 128Kbps (that's kilobaud per second, a measurement of data speed) but you can find DSL speed of many times that for as little as $26.95 per month. Cable modem service usually starts at about 2,000Kbps -- but for downloading only. Uploading speeds are about the same as DSL. One thing you've got to pay attention to is the difference between downstream and upstream speed. Downstream means data coming to your PC, while upstream means the speed going from your PC to the Internet. So if you are sending a big file over e-mail, the upstream speed determines how fast you can do it and how long it will take to send that file. Cable internet providers usually have a huge downstream speed, but much lower upstream speed. With digital subscriber line, the differences are less noticeable. Other benefits of broadband are "always-on" connections -- which means you don't have to sit and wait for your dial-up modem to log into AOL or EarthLink, for instance. Your computer is always connected to its high speed Internet provider! Also, a lot of the broadband Internet providers throw in some helpful extras to encourage you to use their service. Of course, it all comes down to one thing, really: value. What's the point of getting super-fast DSL Internet access when you're paying through the nose for it??
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