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Connection Method
Connection Method
Wireless
Broadband
Dialup
Description
Usedbywireless
enabled
devices(computers,
mobiles,
smartphones,etc.)to
loginto
theinternet.Wireless
isexactly
whatitsays;thereare
nowiresto
connect.(Seepage27.)
Awiredconnectionto
a
broadbandsupplier.
Normallythe
connectionisviaa
networkcard
inthecomputer.Cable
usershave
anethernet
connectionfrom
theircomputertothe
network.
Awiredconnectionvia
a
conventional
telephoneline,
whichneedsamodem
toconvertsignalsto
andfromanaloguefor
transmission
Advantages
Notfixedtoa
stationarycomputer.
Canbeusedwherever
thereisawirelesshub
whichisaccessible.
Disadvantages
Needtohaveaccessto
awirelesshub.
Canbelesssecurethan
wired
connections.
Tendtohaveslower
datatransmission
speedsthanwired
broadbandmethods
Broadband
connectionscangive
betterreceptionand
areusuallyfasterthan
Dialup.
Requiresabasewhich
iswiredin,soit
isless"flexiblethan
wireless.
Canuseexisting
telephonecircuits,
whichisusefulinsome
areas.
Oldertechnologygives
poorreception
attimes.
Theconversionfrom
digitalto
analoguesignalscan
causeerrors.
Tendstobeslower
thanother
connectionmethods.