| If you're a busy person and you don't have to | | | | tend to be more than 3 times as much. That's |
| time carefully consider all your options for | | | | because they often make you sign up for cable |
| connecting to the internet, then here's the quick | | | | TV and phone line service, respectively, before |
| answer: You should choose 4G. If you've got a | | | | they start offering the good rates on internet. |
| little more time, then read on. There are a variety | | | | Many people would be getting these services |
| of reasons why in the end the decision should be | | | | anyway, but some wouldn't want to. In the latter |
| easy for you. | | | | case they'd have to pay more for internet. |
| In order to confidently choose 4G you have to | | | | Regardless of which category you fall under, do |
| understand why you shouldn't choose the | | | | you really want to sign up for service that tells |
| competition. Lets consider dial-up for a moment, | | | | you one price but ends up charging you a lot |
| which admittedly is actually not much competition | | | | more if you don't pay for additional services? |
| at all. It was basically the first and only way most | | | | Another big problem with cable and DSL is that |
| people could connect to the internet before the | | | | they are wired connections. In the end, it means |
| internet got extremely popular. Broadband was | | | | that a potential customer has to be located close |
| not around at that time. Dial-up allowed you to | | | | to the wired infrastructure of cable or DSL in |
| connect to the internet through your existing | | | | order to use their internet services. If they aren't |
| phone line and all you needed was a modem for | | | | close enough, they're out of luck. Satellite and 4G |
| your computer. It had its time but now that the | | | | internet solve that problem because they are |
| internet can offer so much more, its time has | | | | wireless internet connections. Their coverage |
| passed. Choose dial-up only if you need a cheap | | | | areas are spread over a wide area, especially |
| connection to check email and chat with friends | | | | satellite as you can subscribe to satellite from |
| because you can just forget about doing anything | | | | pretty much any location. 4G is more specific to |
| else. | | | | certain cities that have the technology in place. It |
| Then along came broadband connections. The first | | | | also tends to be a lot cheaper than satellite simply |
| two were cable and DSL. They offered much | | | | because satellite is often the only option that |
| faster speeds than dial-up could ever dream of | | | | some people have, usually out in the countryside, |
| offering. Of course they also came with a heftier | | | | and so satellite providers can charge a premium. |
| price tag. You basically have to pay at least 3 | | | | In large cities, though, there are many internet |
| times as much for a connection that is over 10 | | | | providers to choose from, making the competition |
| times faster. All in all, it's a pretty good trade off. | | | | much more fierce. That's definitely good news for |
| The only problem is that cable and DSL actually | | | | people in the market for a new connection. |