how do i go about getting cable internet?

Question

IS CABLE INTERNET ANY GOOD AND COULD SOMEONE TELL ME HOW IT WORKS PLEASE

Answer 1

Broadband Internet connections can come through cable, phone lines and wireless means. The most consistent and secure is the phone lines.

Cable systems are limited by the bandwidth of the cable going to your area. The more people who use it the less bandwidth is available for you. Thus you have speeds that vary depending on time of day and if the kids are out of school. Also if your cable goes out your broadband goes out as well. There are more redundant power systems in the phone systems.

The phone lines offer you a dedicated avenue into the network through your phone lines. The phone company is much more regulated and monitored, thus offering much more dependable service, Since your phone line is on a dedicated wire, your speed will stay consistent no matter if the kids are out of school or not. Through the phone lines, there are different rates you can chose from, and with the pricing, tend to be a better match.

Wireless, is much more expensive as this can include satellite service. Atmospheric conditions will affect your service.

Call your phone company and ask them if DSL service is available in your area.

Answer 2

Hey Dude or Dudette.

First, do you have cable TV? If so, call your cable company and ask for it :) You will spend anywhere from $30 to $50 a month. Yes, it seems expensive. However, work out the math. If time is money, the time you spend waiting for pages to load with dialup will more than make up for the $30-$50 per month.

Okay, let them install it. They will do a site survey, possibly, and then bring of a cable modem (most likely).

Now, this is important, and really NECESSARY! Go out an purchase a router/firewall. I would suggest a Linksys WRT54g if you want to use wireless or a BEFSR41 if you only want wired networks. Put this in and follow the directions. You will not regret it. It is like wearing a condom and using birth control on the internet. :)

Tom

Answer 3

Cable internet is brilliant,it comes in your house through a cable from outside,you can only have it if the cable company have put the relevant cables in your area.

I have had NTL for 3 years,they are very good ,no problems except once with the modem and they came out the next day with a new modem.

You DONT have to have any other products from them like someone said earlier,I just have the broadband.

Go to www.NTL.co.uk if you put your post code in it will tell you if its in your area,then just order it,it may take about a week to be installed,

Answer 4

Call your local cable company. I have cable, wireless, and have had great technical help from them when needed. They can usually offer several price plans, depending on your need for speed. Unless you are downloading a lot of games, the lowest priced service will usually do fine.

You can only get DSL if you have a home phone and the service is offered by your telephone company AND a DSL booster station is near you to bring the signal to your house.

As long as you get cable TV, you can get broadband. I love it.

Answer 5

Cable internet is quite fast, although I would recommend DSL which goes through your phone line. Cable comes into your house as a cable...this gets hooked to your cable modem. Than your computers hook into the modem via ethernet cables.

Answer 6

Yes, its good.

The term cable Internet access refers to the delivery of Internet service over this infrastructure. The proliferation of cable modems, along with DSL technology, has enabled broadband Internet access in many countries.

Bandwidth of business cable modem service typically range from 3 Megabits per second (Mbit/s) up to 30 Mbit/s or more. The upstream bandwidth on residential cable modem service usually ranges from 384 Kilobits per second (kbit/s) to 6 Mbit/s or more. There are few attempts to offer different service tiers beyond the traditional 'home' and 'business' designations.

In comparison, DSL tends to offer less speed and more variance between service packages and prices. Service quality is also far more dependent on the client's location in relation to the telephone company's nearest central office or Remote Terminal.

There are two potential disadvantages to cable internet:

1. Users in a neighborhood share the available bandwidth provided by a single coaxial cable line. Therefore, connection speed varies depending on how many people are using the service at the same time. In most areas this has been eliminated due to redundant and fiber networks. From a technical point of view, all networks, including DSL services, are sharing a fixed amount of bandwidth between a multitude of users — but because cable networks tend to be spread over larger areas than DSL services, more care must be taken to ensure good network performance.
2. Many cable Internet providers are reluctant to offer cable modem access without tying it to a cable television subscription. They do this by charging higher rates, say $40/month for cable modem only access, than if one bundles it with a cable TV plan where it might be $30/month for cable modem service plus $20/month for cable TV service. This has ramifications similar to those of the lack of naked DSL. However, some cable internet access providers who resell access from cable companies, such as Earthlink, are generally not subject to these higher rates.

Answer 7

It's quite simple.. Find a nearest cable operator, they will have this service. They will install a Set top box to connect & the same will be connected to ur PC- either with wire or wireless. The data will be transferred through this high speed DSL cable.

Answer 8

Pay cable company money.
Get cable.
Stick in computer.
Get internet.

Answer 9

It is pretty good and you will have to go to your local cable company to get it. You will need a modem and probably some software. I don't use cable as you have to take their TV also and I use the DSL instead.

Ron

Answer 10

Since you are asking this question on Uk Yahoo Answers, I assume you are in UK.
Here in UK, there is one cable company - ntl

Check to see if you can get service in your area
http://www.home.ntl.com/icat/home&source=ntlworld_topnav

I have had ntl broadband for 4 years - It works for me.