What is the difference between High-Speed Internet from Consolidated and Internet service from cable companies?
High-Speed Internet from Consolidated provides always-on high-speed Internet access over a single dedicated telephone line. Cable modems, on the other hand, offer Internet access over a shared cable television line. While cable modems have greater downstream (from the Internet into the home) bandwidth capabilities, the bandwidth is shared among all users in a neighborhood. Therefore actual speeds will vary, perhaps drastically, as more users in a neighborhood get online at the same time. Cable modem upstream (from the home to the Internet) traffic in many cases is slower than High-Speed Internet, either because the particular cable modem inherently is slower or because too many people in a neighborhood are trying to send or receive data at the same time. Additionally, because cable modems work over a shared network, users are exposed to greater security risks.
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