Choosing an ISP Plan

When deciding on which ISP plan is right for you, there are two main factors to consider: your needs and your budget. You want to purchase the most affordable plan that can handle everything you want to accomplish on the internet.

There are three main types of ISP plans to choose from: Dial-Up, DSL and Cable. Each of these three plan types download internet pages and files at different speeds. The fastest is a Cable (around 1000 kilobits per second) connection followed by DSL (around 300 kilobits per second) and Dial-Up (around 30 kilobits per second), respectively. If you are planning on only using the internet for email and surfing web pages, a Dial-Up plan would be perfect for you. Dial-Up is also the cheapest of the three followed by DSL and Cable, respectively. However, if you are planning on purchasing a membership at a movie or music download website that lets you download unlimited movies or music per month, you will want a DSL or Cable connection so you can take advantage of the offer.

In summary, when choosing an ISP plan first decide on what you want to accomplish and second how much you are willing to spend.

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September 2nd, 2008 Leave a comment posted in Computers and Internets

Are You Using A Dial-Up ISP for SEO

If you are using a dial-up internet service provider for SEO, it could be costing you a lot of time and money. This is especially true if most of your search engine optimization work is off-site optimization, including building links by submitting your websites to directories and submitting your articles to article directories.

I was submitting my articles and websites to directories using a dial-up internet service provider for several months. The work was very tedious and time consuming. Then, later using a cable internet service provider, what took me almost 3 months to do with the dial-up internet service provider, I was doing in a week with the cable internet service provider.

Going from a dial-up internet service provider to a DSL internet service provider can drastically improve the amount of work you can do in a certain amount of time also. Say, for example, your current dial-up connection speed averages around 30 kilobits per second and you switch to a DSL internet service provider. that has an average connection speed of 300 kilobits per second. The new DSL ISP is ten times faster than your dial-up connection. So, you would be able to do around ten times as much work.

Brian Shoemaker is the owner of ISPShakedown.com - directory of DSL and Cable internet service providers.

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June 8th, 2008 Leave a comment posted in Computers and Internets