Connecting to the Internet
Many home and small business users connect to the Internet via high-speed broadband Internet service. With broadband Internet service, your computer or mobile device usually is connected to the Internet the entire time it is powered on. Examples of broadband Internet service include cable, DSL, fiber, radio signals, and satellite.
• Cable Internet service provides high-speed Internet access through the cable television network via a cable modem.
• DSL (digital subscriber line) provides high-speed Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines.
• Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) uses fiber-optic cable to provide high-speed Internet access to home and business users.
• Fixed wireless provides high-speed Internet connections using a dish-shaped antenna on your house or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals.
• A cellular radio network offers high-speed Internet connections to devices with built-in compatible technology or computers with wireless modems.
• A Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) network uses radio signals to provide high-speed Internet connections to compatible or properly equipped wireless computers and devices.
• Satellite Internet service provides high-speed Internet connections via satellite to a satellite dish that communicates with a satellite modem.