What Is High Speed Internet Service?
High speed internet service refers to any internet service that transfers data faster than your standard 56K telephone modem. However, high speed internet can be divided into two broad groups which for our purposes here we will call “high speed internet” and Broadband. By this definition, “High speed internet” service uses your standard telephone dial-up modem to access the internet and ties up the telephone line while you are on the net. However, this high speed internet service is typically 4 to 5 times faster than your standard dial-up service as the result of “data compression”. Typically you will pay around $5.00 more per month for high speed internet service than you will for standard dial-up service. Some internet service providers, such as AOL and Netscape, offer high speed service at no extra charge. In comparison, broadband uses DSL (Digital Service Line), cable, satellite, or radio towers to access the internet. Onlike “high speed internet”, broadband does not tie up your te
