{"id":42537,"date":"2013-03-27T21:49:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T21:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=42537"},"modified":"2013-03-27T21:49:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T21:49:34","slug":"are-you-still-using-dial-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/are-you-still-using-dial-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Still Using Dial Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are You Still Using Dial Up?<\/h3>\n

By Terry Stockdale for TerrysComputerTips.com<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still using dialup Internet access for use from home, you should start thinking about “broadband”.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s broadband? That\u2019s the term for getting your Internet access via a cable or DSL connection, or even a fiber-optic connection, if that\u2019s available to you.<\/p>\n

During the roll-out stage of cable and DSL Internet access, there weren\u2019t too many choices. If only one was available in your neighborhood, that\u2019s the one you could get.<\/p>\n

For some of us, that\u2019s still the case. Although I live in a relatively large city (Baton Rouge), my area of Baton Rouge does not have DSL access available. The phone company\u2019s equipment servicing my subdivision is not compatible with DSL. Unfortunately, just a few years before the DSL rollout started, the latest-and-greatest phone switching equipment was released \u2014 and it turned out to be incompatible with DSL.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s broadband world, most cable and most DSL providers have 2 to 4 service options. Basically, they\u2019ve got a cheap option that is a lot faster that dialup, but still throttled significantly.<\/p>\n

Then, a couple higher-priced options with higher downstream and upstream speeds, and then the highest priced option. They also vary the additional features, such as the number of email addresses and the size of the mailboxes.<\/p>\n

Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n

This post is excerpted with the permission of Terry’s Computer Tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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