What is the fastest type of Internet connection? Can you tell me some cheap reliable ISP's?

Answer 1

The fastest connection would a direct connection to one of the internet backbones which would cost you many thousands of dollars per month.

The fastest consumer connection is probably Verizons FIOS at the moment. you can read more about it at the below link.

http://www22.verizon.com/content/ConsumerFiOS/

After that its probably high speed cable but that depends on whats available in your area.

Answer 2

Fastest? Porbably something in the OC-768 or 40gigabit/sec range currently, I don't know anybody who's aggregating their long-hauls any higher than that. And if you want one of those, be prepared to spend about US$50K/month for it, and be ready to plop down a half mill or so for the hardware involved (those routers aren't cheap). Also, trenching fiberoptic cable if there isn't any already in place will cost roughly $1 million dollars per mile (amazingly enough, the economics of it mean that the total cost of trenching a 96-pair cable is almost the same as trenching a 12-pair - so you may as well bury a 96-pair for future growth. This economics was part of the reason a large bandwidth glut happened after th e dot-com bubble burst - there was more long-haul cable buried than wanted to be used, so prices plummeted...) And before you ask, yes, $50K/month is *after* the price dropped - before it was about 4 times that.

"Cheap reliable ISP'" are another matter. They very much tend to be regional - so if I were to recommend something that's good in LA or Miami, they could *totally* suck in Milwalkee. Your best bet is to ask your friends in town what they're paying, and who they're with, and go with whoever your friends seem happiest with for the price....u

Answer 3

The fastest connection for residential use would be cable internet. Comcast offers this as do some smaller, local, companies.

DSL is slower than cable, but still fast. Most phone companies offer this service as it uses the phone lines.

Now, if you're talking commercial use, then a T-3 line would be faster than residential cable, but much more expensive.

Answer 4

For most people, cable or DSL is best. Some areas (like mine) are offering direct fiber connections. But this is still rare. With cable, you will be using their ISP. For DSL, you will have a choice. If it is in your area, DSL Extreme is good and cheap.

Answer 5

BROADBAND IS THE FASTEST AND IS USUALLY PROVIDED BY THE CABLE COMPANY IN YOUR AREA AND IT COST THE MOST, DSL IS THE SECOND FASTEST AND IS PROVIDE MOST OFTEN BY YOUR PHONE COMPANY AND IS PRETTY CHEAP, DIAL UP IS THE CHEAPEST BUT THE SLOWEST AND YOU CANNOT USE YOUR PHONE LINE WHEN ON THE INTERNET AND THE MOST COMMON DIAL UP IS AOL BUT THERE R OTHERS OUT THERE

Answer 6

for a home, verizon fios. but if you're crazy rich then get T3. fios i think is like 1MB per second, maybe a little more. T3 is 3MB per second. my friend uses fios and he loves it.