For
most homes in the UK there is a choice of methods to connect to
the internet.
If you don't use the internet very much ar live in a very rural
area then 56k dial up may be your choice to connect. Its pretty
slow and ties up your phone line
The second option, and becoming very popular is ADSL or Broadband.
This offers the benefit of being fast and not tieing up your phone
line. Emerging technology in IP phones will soon mean that you
can make several phone calls from your broadband connection. For
most there are a choice of speeds ranging from 256k to 4mb [see
broadband directory]. There are also versions of broadband vie
satellite but our advice is if you can get the real think go for
it. We found that satellite via Sat Drive was pretty poor in reliability
and speed unless you paid for bandwidth.
ISDN is the third option, this gives you 64k using one channel
or 128k using 2 channels. Using two channels can be expensive
as very few un metered ISP's will let you use both channels. While
satellite and ISDN options do exist, they are probably the least
desirable solutions.
Whilst we don't suggest that your internet connection should
dominate your choice of home its well worth checking to see the
options available. Check out our comprehensive directory of ISP's
and broadband suppliers

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