Satellite and Cable Broadband Internet: the Good and the Bad

By Clinton Lesley


Having Internet access is almost as common in American homes as a telephone and is one of the best means of communications. If you have been stuck with slow dial up for a while, you may be ready to upgrade to broadband Internet.

Dial up connections may work well some time ago. But with the advancements of technology and the internet, it can only do limited things online. You may not even see movies or hear music with this kind of connection. For most people who are always online, they also would not enjoy being tied up with the phone line at all times nor getting a second line.

If you already have cable you may want cable Internet access. It uses your cable line to deliver your online service. It is one of the most common forms of connection in the residential areas. Most of the time these are shared bandwidth, which can result in computers running slowly when a lot of people in the area are using it at the same time.

Sometimes, when the cable TV is disconnected, the internet access is also gone. So people will be left wondering what to do while waiting for it to recover. The connection is also permanent, so you cannot take it out of your house, even though you have wireless routers. This type of service may not be available in rural areas.

The answer for these problems mentioned is the satellite. It could possibly be the only option for those who are mobile, or live away in a secluded area. The fact is that satellite provides reachable service from almost anywhere in the world. By this, all the services including TV channels are provided, but it is very expensive. At the moment, the competition from many companies which provide this solution has made it cheaper and affordable for us, and it has been widely used. But the connection speed is not as fast as cable and has roughly about 500 milliseconds of delay, which becomes a problem for some online gaming users that are using it in real time.

This satellite provided service may still be compatible with several games, depending on how important real time is for them. Services that use low and medium orbit will not have much trouble with delays. But when it comes to bad weather and sunspots, you may lose your service temporarily. Until the weather clears out, you will need to find something else to do.

Rather you choose cable or satellite broadband will depend a lot on where you live and what is best for you. There is also cellular broadband now which works with cell phones and some laptops. Though it is fairly new technology, it is growing and will likely be a promising option soon.




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