Find the Best VOIP, DSL, Satellite, Cable or Dial-Up Package For You

The world of technology is a fast place. YouTube and other great videos on the web often require a faster internet connection or else they stop and start throughout the video. Some videos won't even play if you don't have a broadband connection. Then there are the downloads. Microsoft updates via download...Norton Security updates via download. A lot of software can be purchased and downloaded directly from the website, but these programs are huge! If you don't have broadband, you can forget it...and yes, this is the voice of experience speaking! We live in the boonies. Really! We are 20 minutes from the nearest grocery store. And our choices here are Satellite and dial-up. Let me tell you, this isn't much of a choice! Dial-up is slower than snails when compared to today's modern technology, but it is reliable and available, even when it is raining or the wind is blowing or the trees are growing.

Satellite is faster than dial-up, even if not as reliable due to mother nature. But my biggest gripe with them is that they have a limit as to how much downloading you can do in a day. It is something like 300 mb. Now most days we are fine with that even though there are three of us on the computer. But say you want to watch a video or your computer has done an automatic update...then you go over your daily limit and what does satellite do? They 'throttle you back'. Which means that you have to switch to dial-up because for the next 24 hours it will be faster than satellite! And that's no lie! So, because we need both services, we are paying close to $80 a month so we can stay connected with the world out there!