# What is your Internet connection? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283 "2010-10-06T19:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/1 "2010-10-06T19:42:05Z")
How are you connected to the world wide web? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/2 "2010-10-06T20:09:54Z")
If your vote is “Other”, please elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/3 "2010-10-06T20:11:06Z")
I had a DSL until Bell Canada decided that they could take a week to repair my broken outside phone cable. Now I get my phone service and internet from the cable company. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/4 "2010-10-06T20:13:15Z")
Other - Fixed Wireless A big freakin’ tower transmits to a radio antenna mounted on my house. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/5 "2010-10-06T20:22:24Z")
I get access, both at home and at the office, via the university’s ethernet (or occasionally, the university’s wi-fi, when I bring my laptop up to the office). I live in an on-campus apartment, and the university’s service is both cheaper and faster than any other broadband option in town. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/6 "2010-10-06T20:23:27Z")
Other - Wireless router with cellular internet via Millenicom which operates on Verizon towers. 10GB upload/download limit for the whole house so we do video but we don’t watch tv or movies via web. Used to be dial up. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/7 "2010-10-06T21:08:09Z")
I used to have cable, but my cable company pissed me off endlessly (Comcast). So I got DSL with our phone company have have been extremely pleased. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/8 "2010-10-06T21:18:28Z")
You forgot fiber optic. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/9 "2010-10-06T21:19:23Z")
I have 6-megabit-per-second DSL. I used to have 10 Mb/s cable in Toronto. I’m thinking of upgrading to fibre at an additional $5/month. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/10 "2010-10-06T21:22:55Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > You forgot fiber optic. That would be under “cable”. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/11 "2010-10-06T21:26:17Z")
University Gigabit Ethernet. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/12 "2010-10-06T21:40:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@thirdname](#): > > > > You forgot fiber optic. > > That would be under “cable”. Another ‘other’ for FiOS - which is fiber - and completely different technology than cable internet. I also use portable Wimax from Clear when out and about - 6/1 mbps. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/13 "2010-10-06T21:47:30Z")
Fiber here. AT&T Uverse. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/14 "2010-10-06T21:57:43Z")
Cable at home, 3g modem or iphone as internet tether on laptop or as direct access. Otara ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/15 "2010-10-06T22:08:07Z")
Currently WildBlue satellite, with a dialup account as backup. Seriously considering switching to Alltel USB broadband, as I rented a stick for a recent trip and liked it a lot. Then I’d be able to take my connection with me, and (theoretically) no outages in weather stronger than a mild rain. Win/win. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/16 "2010-10-06T22:40:14Z")
I voted Other, meaning FIOS. FIOS is not the same as cable modem. We don’t share bandwidth the way we did with cable modem. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/17 "2010-10-06T22:53:02Z")
I have AT&T U-Verse, so I chose DSL, since the U-Verse router is basically a big-ass DSL modem. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/18 "2010-10-06T23:09:35Z")
Cable at home. 3G modem at work. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/19 "2010-10-07T03:05:36Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > I voted Other, meaning FIOS. FIOS is not the same as cable modem. We don’t share bandwidth the way we did with cable modem. How fast is it? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/20 "2010-10-07T03:10:21Z")
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