High speed Internet connection question

Yes, a good wired cable or "wired" fiberoptic line is by far the best available high speed internet service. The only downside may be price. Wireless service uses the cellphone networks, and is vastly slower, and is likely to be even more expensive. It is used primarily by business travelers wanting convenient access for their laptop computers. DSL is also much slower than a good cable or fiberoptic connection, and its speed is dependent on your distance from the local phone company station, but it may be significantly less expensive than cable.

In my area (Connecticut, not far from NYC), Cablevision's Optonline "Optimum Boost" service which I use provides 30mbps download speeds for about $55/month. Verizon FIOS fiberoptic service I believe is even slightly faster, for a comparable price. DSL is around 1 or 2 mbps typically, but costs less. Wireless is less than 1 mbps, for around $60/month.

HTH,
-- Al

thank you both

I have a friend who recomends wireless but I had the concern about the cell phone network.

You have answered my question I will go with cable.

Hey phil, good choice, cable will be fast. I have avoided it because I do not like comcast. I'm forced to use dial up because of it. I use verizon wireless for work. It is slower than I would like, and you are billed by the amount of data transfer. I'm sure it will get better, but right now it is not very good.

Verizon's customer service is questionable at best. I dropped it for cable (comcast) and am quite happy. Don't you have minute limitations with wireless?

Well, I am not sure of your provider and their services, so I will give you my experiences with our providers in the Bay Area. (Both my home and work environments.)

Phone DSL - good, but not great upload and download speeds.
Usually somewhere in the neighbor hood of 500K up and down, although as you get further from the hub, the speeds go down, and once you are half a mile or so from the hub, the upload speed is down to 100K or so. So, if you are near a hub, this is usually your best choice. Speeds can also be affected by the number of people online at one time, as there is only so much bandwidth available. (Hence one reason why being near a hub is so important.)

Cable - Very good download speed (typically around 500K), but only okay upload speed (100K), regardless of distances from the hub. If you are not near a hub, (see above) this is a good choice also. Typically not affected by distances to a great deal, nor by the number of people on-line.

Wireless (Note: NOT satelite, but line of sight wireless) - Great upload and download speeds (typically about 1MB up and down!). However, more expensive, and there are lag issues. (Lag is only a big concern if you like to play online game, particularly FPS (First Person Shooter) games, (which unfortunately for me, I do).

I hope this helps.

Good Luck!