Everything High Speed From DSL Internet Service Providers to Fiber Optics

There are many choices in internet service providers, as we’ve said before.  It pays to read blogs, visit websites, and compare providers. Online comparison is easiest, as you have all the information in front of you, and usually the best rebates, promotions, and offers are online.  It’s easy access, and an easy sign up process.

You may be wondering about “internet service providers in my area“.  That can be researched online too. Most service providers have an engine on their sites where you can enter your zip code to see if they reach you, or if only some of their plans reach your neighborhood.  Once you have determined what plans are available to you, then you can begin to compare different offers, plans, and companies, and decide what is best for you?  Is your primary concern speed, cost, or good quality customer service?  For most people it is a combination of all three.  One thing is sure, if your speed is not up to the level of your use of the internet, you’ll be frustrated.  High speed internet is the thing you need for viewing videos, sharing photos, and networking.

You want the ultra high speed of AT&T Uverse and Verizon FIOS, and check their availability.  After all, both carriers service your area.  So it surprises you to find that the latest in high speed connections and digital television is not available to you.  It might be available to your next door neighbor, or in the next zip code, but not by you.  Nuts!  What gives here?

These major companies have sunk a great deal of money into developing these networks, enabling users to bypass cable and DSL options.  It’s working.   In a nutshell, the networks are not fully developed yet. AT&T plans to offer Uverse to more than 30 million residential customers in the 22 states it serves by the end of 2010.  However, their schedule has taken some hits, and that may no longer be possible.  Verizon FIOS currently has 2.2 million subscribers.  They are adding approximately the same number of customers as Uverse every year. These services offer crystal clear phone sound, the highest broadband speed possible, and quality digital television.  You’ll know when they come to your area because the signs will go up in their phone stores.  Keep watching…and asking…

Now, at Time Warner Road Runner, when you refer a friend for high speed internet you could see a $20 discount on your bill. Sounds great right? Well, not exactly. In fact, by giving over your friend’s information who will be contacted in 24-48 hours, you only get the credit if your friend actually signs up for service. Not only that, but you and your friend must keep the service for 60 days and you won’t see your credit for anywhere from 90-120 days. Consider carefully if $20 is worth you and a friend getting signed up for service, especially if there are other deals out there that might benefit both of you more.

Broadband Internet can be referred to in many ways. Some call it by the shortened form, “broadband”, some say “high speed internet” while others even calls it “DSL”, like a general name for high speed internet even if it’s just a type of broadband service. People have come to the realization that broadband is a necessary expense for anyone in the 21st century. Broadband connection makes life in any typical, modern-day household more worth while even in our current economy situation. Broadband Internet came alive during our generation and it would be hard to comprehend not having access to this wonderful invention. For more information on high speed internet, you can go to Wikipedia and learn more about broadband internet access.

Although when comparing Verizon Internet Service with others out there, the numbers shown as what you can expect your surfing speed to be seem to me to be somewhat misleading. I’ve had cable internet service and now have Verizon Internet Service and although the cable service was supposed to be super fast to match its super price tag, the actual working speed while using the internet does not seem to be any faster at all than the Verizon Internet Service. Add this to the monthly savings in cost from cable to Verizon and there is just no comparison. Bottom line, go with Verizon.

It’s true, many hi-speed internet users are saving money, by paying for broadband internet access like Comcast and Time Warner. How is that possible? Thing about all of the things you can do with broadband, that you just couldn’t do with dial-up. Have you tried voice over IP? There is literally no reason to use a landline phone, when you can talk to someone over the hi-speed line, with video.

How about renting movies? Why waste gas driving to the video store, when you can rent movies online and have them digitally delivered to your home pc. Lately many people have stopped driving into work to sit in front of a computer, when they can simply sit in front of a computer and work from home. The savings and benefits to having hi-speed internet really add up quickly.

Kizuna Satellite, Japan is the fastest satellite internet on the planet. Providing approximately 1.2 Gbps with a purpose of providing speed boost and internet connection even on worst disaster zones and far reached areas in Japan and Southeast Asia. The service will roll out on July after its setup process and once in position. Kizuna satellite is equipped with 2 multi-beam antennas, one for Japan and neighboring countries while the other is for the rest f the country in the Aisa-Pacific region. Another remarkable advancement for Japan, now the question is, who will be the next country to follow the lead?

As the battle for market broadband user market share expands, users may end up being hurt by the push. According the the Fiber-to-the-home Council, content and service providers are utilizing more and more bandwidth to deliver what the end user wants — Video. As the internet evolves, video will play a bigger role in how information is delivered over the net. What this means to the consumer is that the gap between low-speed and high speed internet access will grow larger as the demand for bandwidth grows.

For those of you lucky enough to live in Missouri and Illinois, and are in the coverage zone, you can finally enjoy lightening fast high speed internet through Charter Max high speed internet’s new offering. And the rest of us will have to wait until a other broadband providers decide to upgrade their speed for the rest of the country.

Charter High-Speed Internet Max is considered their premium tier plan and claims to be up to 9x as fast as DSL and 270x as fast as dial-up. They also have slower plans with download speeds up to 10 Mbps & 5 Mbps. At least that is the claim. But with Verizon’s FiOS clocking in upwards of 15 Mbps, they most certainly are refering to Verizons regular dsl, att’s regular dsl, and other providers in their market place.

It is worth checking out if you are in the coverage zone.

Whether you are scouring the web for specials from cable providers like Comcast or DSL services like Verizon, or looking for a web host, one thing you will want to keep in mind is their reputation for not having downtime and their reputation for technical support. I recently had one of the worst experiences with a web host company. Their tech support is virtually non existent. When you respond to an email requesting more information and they respond the next three times with the same email, something is definitely wrong. When you call and they don’t have the technical knowledge to solve your problem, every single time, so they open an email ticket, you are back to square one. So I decided to move this blog from Ipower to hostrocket. Why and what does this have to do with speed. Well considering my blog is about everything high speed, my readers should expect pages to load in an instant instead of a 10 count. The speed at which their system was communicating with the database was unacceptable and it took over 10 days for them to tell me that the speed was acceptable to them. See Yah! It took me less than 1 hour to sign up for a new host, redirect my DNS, configure passwords/permissions, install an SQL database, Install my blog and repost historical posts. Oh yeah, and write this post. Speed is everything, don’t settle for anything less with your hosts and providers.

This blog will be dedicated to everything high speed, from souping up your jet airplane, car or internet service provider access, we will report on it. There have been so many questions going unanswered online about helping increase speed. And some of the information out there is very good, but hard to find. So we will create some categories to help organize the information out there so that it becomes useful for anyone looking for high speed. We’ll soon launch a category related to increasing speed for your high speed internet service providers. No matter what type of connection you are running, there are things you can do to improve performance without spending a penny.