Good Dial Up Internet

Dial up is a connection made to the internet via a telephone line. However, through the introduction of broadband, dial up internet has seen its number of users fall drastically as these technologies are generally considered faster. Dial up far from dead though and is still used by quite a lot of people. The following outlines a few pros and cons with dial up internet. 

Reasons For :

1. Availability 

Dial up internet access only requires the existing infrastructure of the telephone network and thus remains useful or the only option in remote or rural areas where broadband infrastructure is not prevalent. 

2. Low Price 

Dial up connection is the cheapest method of connecting to the internet and is useful for those on a limited budget since many service providers now offer it, free of charge. The usage is charged according to the telephone tariff with no extra charges because most of the time it is being used in data transfer. 

3. Internet Safety 

Whenever you connect to the internet using a dialup connection, your computer is assigned a new IP address which makes it difficult for a hacker to pin point your computer. With other technologies your computer uses the same IP address, which means you, can become increasingly vulnerable to attack or IP theft. 

Reasons Against :

1. Low Speeds 

Performance can be affected by the poor speed of dial up which is typically 56kbit/s broadband and other fibre optic technologies are a lot quicker than this. It is quite likely that you will not actually reach the top speed of 56kbiot/s as this is the top of the scale and most dial up depends on the quality of the phone line with most connections typically only reaching 40 or 50 kbit/s. Connections can drop to low levels in particularly noisy environments or when the telephone is shared by a large number of extensions. Things such as loading coild and electric fence can also impat the quality of your connection and cause problems depending on how close you are to them. The internet is widely used for many things but one of its most popular functions is online gaming and video streaming, this is made incredibly difficult by dial up internet as the connection is so slow. Streaming is made almost completely impossible by the speed of this connection. 

2. Poor Connections 

Because the technology uses the landline you can suddenly lose your internet connection along with any downloads or streaming media, particularly when the call waiting option is enabled. 

3. Line Busy 

Dial up internet uses a single phone line for data transmission so if you only have one phone line in your home then you will not be able to use it if you are connected to the internet which can be a cause of inconvenience.