| What do you do if you live in a rural or remote | | | | able to use your phone. Satellite and mobile |
| part of the country where you can't get access | | | | broadband, on the other hand, like DSL and cable, |
| to wired high-speed Internet connections through | | | | automatically connect to the Internet whenever |
| DSL or cable networks? Until pretty recently, if | | | | your computer is turned on, without interfering |
| you did not live fairly close to a cable or phone | | | | with your phone lines. You will never have to |
| company, or if you lived somewhere with terrain | | | | deal with the hassle of logging on again. This is |
| that made it impossible to run terrestrial phone or | | | | one sure benefit of such wireless services to |
| cable lines to your house, you had to settle for | | | | people living outside the reach of DSL and cable |
| dial-up, which has a number of drawbacks besides | | | | networks. |
| just being slow. But now, thanks to advances in | | | | But rural residents are not the only people who |
| wireless Internet technology, you have more | | | | can benefit from these wireless options. If you |
| options. | | | | move around a lot, even within densely populated |
| It is no secret that dial-up is much slower than | | | | areas where DSL and cable are available, choosing |
| high-speed broadband connections. But the | | | | satellite or mobile service can save you a lot of |
| downsides to dial-up do not stop with its lack of | | | | the hassle that comes with installation processes |
| speed. Using dial-up to connect to the Internet | | | | and bulky wires. |
| also clogs up your phone lines, meaning you can't | | | | Also, if you have a lifestyle that requires you to |
| use the Internet and the phone at the same | | | | travel or be on the go a lot, having an Internet |
| time. If you are online and need to make a | | | | connection that you can take with you can be a |
| phone call, you have to log off. Likewise, if you | | | | lifesaver. Whether you are traveling for work or |
| are talking on the phone and want to check your | | | | leisure, if you are on the road a lot, say in a truck |
| email, you have to hang up. High-speed wireless | | | | or RV, you can get satellite service by mounting |
| Internet services like satellite and mobile | | | | a portable satellite dish right on your vehicle. If |
| broadband let you talk and surf simultaneously, | | | | you are not going long distances, but rather do a |
| just like you could do with a DSL or cable | | | | lot of moving about on a daily basis within a |
| connection. | | | | ceratain area, a mobile WiMax connection, which |
| Another thing you can't do with a dial-up | | | | requires very little or even no equipment, can be |
| connection is be "always on." This is related to | | | | a great way to get online from your cell phone or |
| the problem with the phone lines. Since you | | | | laptop from home, at the office, and every place |
| have to dial in each time you want to connect, | | | | you go in between. |
| you can't stay connected without forfeiting being | | | | |