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DSL internet service makes its connection by utilizing unused telephone wires
that cause no interruption to your telephone service. The speed you experience
with a DSL connection varies with your distance from the switching station. A
DSL modem and an Ethernet card are required for installation. A splitter may
also be required. A splitter is a frequency filter that separates the high
frequencies used for sending data upstream and receiving data downstream from
the low frequency range used for voice.

Cable (Coaxial Cable)

The broadband cable connection is provided by the local Cable TV Providers.
Here the cable Internet connection speed varies with the number of users on the
service at a specific point in time. Cable Internet connection is good for homes.
It's not usually a viable solution for businesses because of limitations which
include the wiring, congestion and delay (i.e. slows down when a lot of people
are using it).

Fiber-Optic

The technologies that we’ve talked about so far use electricity and copper wires
to transmit the signal. Then along comes fiber optics. In its simplest terms, the
signal is light and the medium is a special type of flexible glass or clear plastic
cable. Glass allows light to travel quite well, right? Fiber-optic is the newest and
fastest broadband service or Internet connection thus far.

Wireless Broadband

The ISP will connect to the Internet through a cabled connection and then
broadcast that connection using radio waves. You, as the customer, would have
some sort of antenna and modem setup that would let you communicate with the
ISP.

Satellite Broadband

The last and slowest broadband service is provided by satellite. Satellite Internet
service requires special modem that is connected to a computer and a satellite

dish. Satellite Internet connection can be a one-way connection (only for
downloading) or a two-way (for both downloading and uploading). Satellite
connection needs a clear, unobstructed view of the southern sky to receive the
signal and it is available everywhere.