What Are the Options Available for Connecting to the Internet?

We are today living in the information age; information is the one thing that makes the world tick, without which we are all doomed. Not that information is a basic need, but it is a necessity that fur supersedes the basic needs, for today if you had all the basic needs and didn’t know what was happening around you, you will get disillusioned and life will lose its meaning to you.  The world is information crazy and it’s thriving on this madness. We must all accept the fact that we all need information to thrive in today’s world. To carry out a business transaction you need information, to travel you have to be informed about the weather conditions, the prizes of basic necessities among others. Thanks to the internet we don’t have to travel long distances to find all this information, we can get it right inside our living rooms on our computers.

We all use internet in our lives, when we use our credit or debit cards, in our offices, or even in school. One thing that is common to most of us; we don’t give a damn about the kind of internet connection we are using. No wonder when some of us are establishing our own businesses or wants to install internet in our own homes, when asked which kind of internet connection we want, we can’t tell. Here is a brief description of five internet connections option to keep in mind, if ever you find yourself in a situation where you have to choose one internet connection over the other.

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1. Wireless Internet

Wireless internet connection is one of the fastest growing internet connection options in the world today. The introduction of Wi-Fi has made a major transformation on the online world, using radio frequency based technology wireless internet connection offers some of the fastest internet connections speed in the world today. Now in many town centers, collage campuses, and generally areas with a high population density it is common to find free wireless internet offered.

2. T-1

This is the most popular internet connection in most cities and usually with the business class.  The T-1 lines make connections at speeds of about 1.544 Mbps however, if higher speeds are required for larger workloads the T-1 cables may be bonded to create higher speeds. A typical T-3 connection runs at speeds of 45 Mbps. The T connections are loved most for their reliability.

3. Digital Subscriber Line

The digital subscriber line makes use of a two wire copper telephone line to make internet connection at speeds up 9 Mbps. The DSL is an improvement of the dial up connections with both using telephone lines but, DSL uses a much advanced technology to avoid clogging your land line.  The DSL internet connection normally comes in three categories: the ubiquitous asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) which is the fastest of the three DSL normally at connection speed of up to 9 mbps , the symmetrical digital subscriber line(SDSL) which despite being slower than ADSL, running at 3 mbps, offers same speeds for both uploads and downloads and thus a better connection for internet consistency, and lastly the Very High DSL  which  is best suitable for short distance  connectivity.

4. Dial-Up

This is the basic internet connection option that is inexpensive but much slower than any other internet connection available for use today. It uses a public telephone network to make connections and often clogs up the telephone lines.

5. Cable

Cable internet connections makes use cable TV channels in its operation. The uploading of data and downloading uses two different channels so as to avoid clogging and these processes takes place at speeds higher than those of DSL connections with the minimum speeds being 512 Kbps and maximum of 20 Mbps. Cable connections are best suitable for individuals already with a cable TV or intending to order for one.