How do you connect to the Internet from home?

Very pleased with service. Very reliable and in rare instance of service problems, very good support.

have adelphia cable modem its great no fuss no interference with phone can stay on all the time its super and fast cost effective

With XP Pro SP2 the CNET bandwidth test registers over 1,600. With 98SE 400-600 is normal. Con: Stuck with MSN, and all their graphics for e-mail. Juno is now my primary e-mail account.

I connect thru a modem, had wireless for several years, love it but we built a house in the country and it isnt avaiable where we live.
My internet service provider is Internet Techonogies Inc, I am as happy with them as I could be with any dialup service

When Verizon brings FIOS fiber service to your neighborhood, BUY IT. I have a lot of experience managing networks in the corporate world and I've had some real bad connections at home but this has been the best yet. One connection brings dial tone, cable and Internet with an 18 hour battery backup included. The bandwidth in incredible with the only choke point the Internet itself or the site you are browsing.

I presently use the DSL Modem to connect to Internet.Configured so that computer is "Always On".Never have to click anything,soon as computer is booted,is on line immediately 24/7.
My ISP is Msn and use their Msn Explorer Premium Service which has it's own built in email client.Can't STAND Outlook Express,no longer on system.
There are no updates to worry about as there are with Windows/IE and in the 3 years I've had this,there have been no attacks,viruses etc.
Any time there is an update or an upgrade,this is done automatically without one even knowing it's happening.Browser is reasonably excellant except that Msn search is about -1 on a scale of 1 to 10.Thus,I pull up the IE and use either Google or Windows Live search.

We have a satelite connection with DirecWay/Hughes.net We use it at home forming a network of four computers. The type of satelite service pack is with a DW6000. Totally no trouble to use at all. It is up graded from the server. Never any problems, unless bad weather.
We are truly blessed, no other broadband service is available where we live. Dial Up was out of the question for four computers.

hal is our local [Houston] pc users league [club].
The isp service is cheap, but their user help is not
good. My previous computer they could never get the modem to work and I got a new computer.Now xp it works fine.

I live in a remote area where there are few options and I lived with dial up for a long time. I finally got a StarBand satellite and I can live with the speeds but I am unhappy that there are such strict limitations on bandwidth usage that I can't really enjoy a lot of the things that you expect to when using higher connection speeds.

Cable - Time Warner (NC) provides the service which I must say is much better than the DSL than I had last year. The price is reasonable, but is bundled with cable TV and telephone for about $125. It was quicker when I first signed up, but seems to slow down a little each month. Maybe someone can tell me why. I run both Microsoft Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Certain programs run better on one or the other, so I bounce back and forth.

Cable modem

I connect from home

at present i am using a dial-up and i always connect at 54.6K...good enough for a 56K dial-up. my download speed is 4K-7K (minimum/maximum) with or without download accelerator. i only connect to the internet if i am looking forsomething that will interest me...work related...At present i am using firefox for my browser and i am satisfied with the results...faster loading of webpages and faster saving of web page. My connect speed is always the same whatever ISP provider i used...the only difference is from the download speed.

I've with Charter Cable since it came into my area as BETA. Overall I've been very Happy. Very few outages, and I get credit to my account if it goes out for a day or more. Free, friendly, ENGLISH SPEAKING tech support. I can use nearly anyone as my browser.
I started out with AOL since I got a free year when I got my first computer. I had several Credit Cards at the time, and did not notice that I was being charged each month. When I finally did notice and complain, they refused to reimburse me! All they would do was offer me another year of lousy service! Boo on AOL! They owe me over $300!

We have decided that we like the cable internet the most after we had tried a few dial-up services simply because of cost issues...having cable modem means we don't need to have 2 different phone lines available just so we can be on-line and talk on phone...and, now we can have a phone line AND charter cable at a more reasonable price than other phone services.

Also, when we had only one telephone line, we had tried a service which would allow us to have a minute or so on phone without breaking our connection and we just simply didn't like it...frustrating to the adults, and, triple frustration for my autistic grandson whom simply didn't understand, nor welcome, any intrusion with something his brain was focused on and wouldn't rest till it was DONE.

So, for our lifestyle, we are much happier with the cable internet....for our budget and for our peaceful home, lololol

setmeup4

I use High-speed Wireless network by Telus but I dont know whether if its DSL or Cable - how can I tell? I have a wireless router hooked up to a high-speed modem thingy that our ISP gave to us when I signed up for High-speed internet. Is mine DSL?

Comcast ...I enjoy and like it ...Also the co. is helpful

I use whatever my neighbors have hooked up to their wireless router.

I use Comcast Cable. Fast and reliable. However, Verizon is installing fiber in my neighborhood, which will provide a dedicated connection (not shared like Cable), and faster up and down speeds, at 1/3rd less for the first year $30.00 vs. $45.00 per month), so I will likely change to Verizon.

I log onto the net through Earthlink. I like the security of their service and they do a good job of keeping crap out of my e-mail. I usually go on once a week, to check my e-mail, and have no need to connect all the time. I prefer being off line because I am not open to attacks this way and they can't use my machine to further DOS attacks. I have thought about going DSL, but the cost is prohibitive and I really don't need to go that route. Besides, this machine uses WIN98 and I use it only to correspond with my kids who live across the country from me. My XP machine is not on line, I am afraid to put it on because of all the problems caused by doing so. I have already had to have it in the shop three times. Reformatted and rebuilt once and the last time to find out why it wouldn't boot at all. I'll stay with 98, thank you, and Earthlink dial up.

For years I had cable internet connection (roadrunner). I found that over time my download speed became slower. I was told several things by tech support which did not help.

I decided to try DSL by Verizon. At first I had some difficulties with the Westell 6100 modem and the Linksys router. Several times my service dropped off line. However, it became very reliable.

I am very satisfied with Verizon DSL as it is faster and only cost 1/3 of roadrunner.

Tom

I connect to the internet from home is via Cox Communcation like it a lot in love with the speeed could never go back to Dial-up but too pricey but one of the things we seem to put up with like high gas prices and power bills etc....

Last year I was having trouble with my Earthlink DSL thru
Verizon. My bandwidth kept going down and I live a stone throw from the CO. Verizon wouldn't even talk to me since I was ELN. So, when the time-warner guy came to my door I was more than willing to sign up for their cable phone and Earthlink cable thru Time-Warner. I went from @ best 700kbs to over 4MBS down and 180kbs to over 500 kbs up. Plus I'm not even on the evil Verizon network.
We have been with Earthlink since the late nineties and despite their outsourcing Tech help will remain loyal customers. I used to be a DSL believer but DSL just doesn't deliver the bandwidth needed to run 3-4 puters playing the games now days. Well, if you want to pay thru the nose I guess Fi-Op could come close . lol

I have Yahoo DSL Pro and just did a test getting 2310.3 kbps. The speed has even been slowing at some test sites. I hope this isn't the start of anything.

Very happy with cable speed, but unhappy with cost. Would jump to even a little slower connection to cut cost.