Different between Internet Connections

There are many ways a personal electronic device can connect to the internet. They all use different hardware and each has a range of connection speeds. As technology changes, faster internet connections are needed to handle those changes. I thought it would be interesting to list some of the different types of internet connections that are available for home and personal use, paired with their average speeds.

There are two different types of connection which is :

1. Dial-up connection

2. Broadband internet connection / direct connection

DIAL-UP CONNECTION

Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line. The user's computer or router uses an attached modem to encode and decode information into and from audio frequency signals, respectively.

CONVENTIONAL DIAL UP

(to connect to the Internet, your computer dials its modem and connects to a modem attached to a computer belonging to your ISP.)

PC has to dial via a phone line to connect

Characteristics of Conventional dial-up:

 Slower, but cheaper

 Ties up phone lines

 Relatively secure from hackers

 Example :- TMNet

ISDN ( INTERGRATED SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORK)

also transfer data over ordinary telephone lines

Typically uses two phone lines to transfer data

ISDN requires a special ISDN modem

Characteristics of ISDN:

 Faster, but pricey

 Doesn’t tie up phone line

 Used by businesses and individuals

BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTION / DIRECT CONNECTION

Broadband Internet service truly is the most used form of Internet access because of its high access speeds; it is offered in four different forms, DSL (or Digital Subscriber Line), also fiber-optic, cable, and satellite. The old dial-up connection is the only non-broadband internet service available, and even though it is cheaper, most Internet users are moving towards the faster broadband Internet connection.

TYPES	DESCRIPTION
DSL	Broadband delivered over telephone lines
Fiber to the Premises	Delivers over fiber-optic cabling all the way to the building
Fixed Wireless	Uses radio transmission towers rather than satellites
Cellular Radio Network	Offers high-speed Internet connections to devices with built-in compatible technology or computers with wireless modem
Cable Internet Service	Provides high-speed Internet access through the cable television network via a cable modem
Wi-Fi	Provide high-speed Internet connections to compatible or properly equipped wireless computers and devices
Satellite Internet Services	Provides high-speed Internet connections via satellite.