| There's really only one good reason not to switch | | | | It's Perfect for Wireless |
| to a metro Ethernet service: You live in a rural | | | | Ethernet can bring information and data into your |
| area where you can't get Ethernet set up. If | | | | home faster than the typical wired router can get |
| that's your situation, then go ahead and look into | | | | it into your computer. If you want the fastest |
| satellite internet. Otherwise, Ethernet is really the | | | | service available, combine wifi with Ethernet and |
| only way to go for high speed internet in this day | | | | see what happens. The result will be lightning fast |
| and age, and here's why... | | | | internet that may just get you stuck with a |
| It's Reliable | | | | speeding ticket. |
| It tends to be more reliable than just about any | | | | It's Very Easy to Set Up |
| other internet option in this day and age. If | | | | When you deal with cable, you have to worry |
| satellite is your only option where you live, that's | | | | about learning how cable routers and modems |
| unfortunate, because satellite internet is just | | | | work and so on. When you deal with satellite, well, |
| about the least consistent service available. It | | | | it wasn't until recently that you didn't need an FCC |
| comes with massive spikes of lag, making | | | | license to broadcast internet over a dish. With |
| streaming and online gaming impossible, and | | | | Ethernet, if you can plug in dial up, you can plug |
| sometimes it simply stops working for minutes on | | | | this in, too. It's a surprisingly simple process that |
| end. Cable is generally reliable, but since you're | | | | essentially amounts to "plug and play". |
| sharing the cable with your television... Dial-up, on | | | | If you're still on dial up... It's really about time you |
| the other hand, tends to be more reliable, but | | | | made the switch. If you have this option available |
| with some significant downtime... But who wants | | | | to you, metro will provide you with faster internet |
| to use dial-up nowadays? | | | | than, well, just about anything else. It's the |
| It's Fast | | | | twenty first century, and if you want to make |
| If you want consistency and speed, if you're an | | | | the most of your internet, of your wireless |
| online gamer or you love your internet shows and | | | | devices, your laptop, if you really want to enjoy |
| movies streaming directly to your computer, if | | | | online gaming instead of getting shot in the head |
| you download a lot of music, Ethernet is really | | | | once a minute thanks to crazy amounts of lag, |
| what you want. With dial-up, you may as well set | | | | then Ethernet is really the way for you to go. |
| every website to "text only" or "basic HTML". | | | | In other words, if you haven't made the switch |
| With satellite, it's fast when it's up, but when it's | | | | yet, it's about time. When jumping off of dial-up |
| down... It's down. With cable, you do tend to get | | | | (which is, honestly, a dying format), you can |
| high speed internet, but without the steady | | | | choose between cable, satellite, or Ethernet, and |
| consistency of Ethernet. | | | | Ethernet is probably just about your best bet. |