Unlike DSL or Cable Modem, our service does not depend on telephone or cable TV infrastructure. This enables Phoenix Internet to reach many neighborhoods where DSL and Cable Modem are unable or unwilling to go. Our service plans offer performance comparable to DSL and Cable Modem, but with some important differences. Superior customer service because we are a local company and can be at your location within hours if necessary.

Dial-up operates at 56Kbps. Our service operates from 500Kbps to 2,000Kbps depending on the service plan subscribed to, a performance improvement of 8 to 30 times dial-up. Our service is 'always on' so you don't need to re-establish your connection each time you want to use it. Phoenix Internet does not require any phone lines.

Unlike DSL or cable, Reynwood does not depend on the availability of legacy telephone or cable TV infrastructure. This enables Reynwood to reach those neighborhoods where DSL and cable providers are unable or unwilling to go. The Reynwood service plans offer performance comparable to DSL and Cable Modem, but with some important differences. Reynwood offers better upload speeds than comparably priced DSL or cable service.

Wireless broadband through AT&T Alascom is one of the fastest, most dependable, and affordable high speed options available today. We conscientiously manage our network to avoid the congestion that causes cumbersome delays and have successfully diminished the limited speeds that result from an increased distance between the telephone company's central office and your home.

MegaSPEED is an affordable software-only solution designed to significantly enhance Web access over low-speed (less than 200 kbps/second) connections. By contrast, DSL and cable modems provide high-speed Internet connectivity using hardware solutions that work with special telephone or cable lines. The price for DSL or cable modem is significantly higher than MegaSPEED Accelerator. In addition to the higher price, many areas simply do not have DSL or cable Internet service available.

Cable is frequently oversubscribed, meaning that the cable company doesn't use enough high-speed connections to the Internet backbone for the number of users on their system which causes Internet access to slow down. DSL is limited by distance. DSL speeds decrease the farther away from the telephone company's central office (CO) you are, and doesn't work at all if you are more than 18,000 feet away (About 3 to 4 miles). There are a couple of reasons.

Wireless broadband is sometimes confused with Satellite because they are both forms of wireless communication. The difference is that Phoenix Internet uses a terrestrial microwave system that uses short-range wireless links that are no more than 14 miles long. The latency on these short-range links is comparable to wired links like DSL and Cable Modem so the performance remains high.

Generally DSL is a smoother ride than cable Internet. LavaNet DSL is favored by businesses and people running networks or servers because it usually saves money and delivers more features than a similarly endowed cable Internet connection. Please call LavaNet for a price comparison! Neither DSL nor cable Internet make any claim of sustainable data rates.

Wireless communications can reach speeds as fast or faster than wired services. Our common connections support up to 1.5 Mbps (or 1,500 kbps, up and down). We can establish point-to-point communications to support up to 720 Mbps (720,000 kbps).

Springville Wireless offers speeds up to 30 times faster than those available with standard dialup. Headaches common to dialup internet such as unbearably slow downloads or disconnected calls are a thing of the past. While also providing a signal through the air, satellite Internet service offers speeds far slower those available with Springville Wireless. See the question below for more details. DSL or cable services feature uploads significantly slower than their download speeds.

IOLS MegaSPEED is an affordable software-only solution designed to significantly enhance Web access over low-speed (less than 200 kbps/second) connections. By contrast, DSL and cable modems provide high-speed Internet connectivity using hardware solutions that work with special telephone or cable lines. The price for DSL or cable modem is significantly higher than MegaSPEED Accelerator. In addition to the higher price, many areas simply do not have DSL or cable Internet service available.

GBIS Maximizer is an affordable software-only solution designed to significantly enhance Web access over low-speed (less than 200 kbps/second) connections. By contrast, DSL and cable modems provide high-speed Internet connectivity using hardware solutions that work with special telephone or cable lines. The price for DSL or cable modem is significantly higher than GBIS Maximizer. In addition to the higher price, many areas simply do not have DSL or cable Internet service available.

Because only one in seven businesses are wired for cable today, high-speed Internet access via cable modems is largely used by residential customers. Currently, cable modems service can deliver speeds up to 10mb downstream, depending upon the number of subscribers. However, cable-modems services are set up like an Ethernet LAN, with users throughout the neighborhood sharing bandwidth.

The PowerSurf Accelerator is an affordable software-only solution designed to significantly enhance Web access over low-speed (less than 200 kbps/second) connections. By contrast, DSL and cable modems provide high-speed Internet connectivity using hardware solutions that work with special telephone or cable lines. The price for DSL or cable modem is significantly higher than the PowerSurf Accelerator.

Depending on service level selected, ParkWiFi speeds will be somewhere between DSL and Cable Modem speeds. However, ParkWiFi provides the fastest residential upload speeds (sending photos and other larger files) available, and ParkWiFi offers mobility so you may connect throughout St. Louis Park on a Wi-Fi enabled laptop. In addition, later this year you will be able to use your laptop and ParkWiFi account in other parts of the Twin Cities and around the USA for a small additional fee.

Neither DSL or Cable is better all the time under all conditions. The data transfer rates you can get from either DSL or Cable will depend entirely on whatever local providers are in your area. As a rule of thumb, DSL speeds will depend upon the actual distance your building is from the nearest central office of your ISP. For Cable Internet, connection speeds can be affected by the amount of Internet use in your particular neighborhood.

Our Internet service is faster. We offer 15 Mbps when DSL and cable only offer between 1.5 and 6 Mbps. This means less time waiting for downloads and more time doing what you actually want to do.

Yes, as long as the broadband router supports the DHCP client option for the connection to the cable modem. All SURFboard Cable Modems function as bridges (with the exception of the SBG900). They do not support any type of address translation. The SBG900 does support Port Address Translation in addition to many other networking features. For more product information, please click here.

TerraSmart is portable; i.e. you can use the same broadband TerraSmart wireless Unit in multiple locations within the coverage zone. If you live in the coverage zone, TerraSmart is a more flexible solution in most cases. On the other hand Terrabroad has no limitation on amount of monthly traffic, and has multiple speeds for various needs.