i dont know something about internet connection. when using modem connection i cant use the phone that right? when using any kind of dsl i can still use the phone even when im using the internetnet connection. i want to know what kind of internet connection im using

When you use Dial up you can not use your phone line. If you get DSL or Cable you can use your phone line and internet connection at the same time.

If you have DSL or cable, you can start up your computer and launch a web site and it will either be connected to the Internet already so that the web site loads straight away or it will connect within 5 seconds. If you are using a dial-up modem, it will probably not already be connected and it will take 30-60 seconds to establish the connection.

does that mean dial-up modem are the slowest, i think i have dsl the site load up is fast. i used to use aol and i have to open up an application that call "american online" or something like that it long time ago. the phone line is from the wall to the pc there no modem between them. ya about the telephone number, when people make a phone number do they have to decide what the phone for a Residential or business? i was looking for a new isp but i found the price between them are different.

Dial-up is definitely much slower than DSL. From what you've described, I'm not sure which you have but it sounds like DSL. Usually, a DSL connection would mean that you had a telephone line from the wall to a router or an external modem with a USB cable from the modem to the PC. However, you can get internal DSL modem cards that go inside the PC so it might be that you have one of those. You might even have an internal ISDN modem - ISDN is a 64kbps or 128kbps digital connection that's not as good as DSL but is still notably better than dial-up.

The simplest way to check what your connection speed is like is to go to www.speedtest.net and run the download/upload test there. It's brilliant. If you get a result of over 130kbps download speed, then you have DSL.

When you are looking for a new ISP, you will probably find that the business services are twice as expensive (or more) than the residential services. In some cases, this is just because the business services have better technical support. Quite often, however, there will be additional features such as a fixed IP address as part of the package, as well as better performance and guaranteed service levels. Residential customers basically just get whatever they are given, which might be reliable or it might not - if it goes slow for a long time, you can phone the support number but they might not be very interested in making it better as it is only business customers that usually get a guarantee about how good the service will be.

These are my opinions based on my experience in the UK - other countries might be different.

Download 493 kb/s Upload 68 kb/s that the result, right now im using business services i want to switch to residential service is that possible im using (VERIZON INTERNET SERVICES) , because i never use they so call technical support it suckes.