When we talk about the topic of the internet, both wired and wireless Internet are discussed. You can use both depending upon your need. These two types have their different advantages and disadvantages. It can’t be said that one of them is good and the other is a bad one. The choice depends upon your routines and how you would be at ease with them.

For instance, if you are IT-related personnel, a business owner, a student, and want to choose the best possible connection for your daily life work, we will help you to choose.

Let’s start with wired connection types, Advantages, and Disadvantages.

/WIRED CONNECTION TYPE

A wired connection as the name says comes with a hard wire to connect with your modem. The providers will send the signal and then you can access the internet. There are different types of wired internet we have been using for a long time. Also, we will discuss the details here to be more clear about them.

Types of Wired Connections:

• Cable Internet
• DSL
• Fiber Optic

Firstly, we will talk about cable internet.

/Cable Internet

It uses a coaxial wire same as you are using for your TV service. The Internet providers send the signals via these cables and it reaches directly to your modem. An Ethernet cable carries the signal from your modem and provides you the internet access. Cable Internet can provide you service with great speed. In addition, it can be a feasible choice if you can’t find any other.

Best Providers of Cable Internet

1. Comcast Xfinity:

PRICE: Ranging from $20 to $80 per month

Download Speed: 50 to 1200 Mbps

Upload Speed: 5-30 Mbps

Type: Cable and Fiber

2. SuddenLink Internet:

Price: Starting from $29.99, goes up to $79.99 per month

Download Speed: 50 to 940 Mbps

Upload Speed: 5-20 Mbps

Type: Cable

 

3. WOW! Internet

Price: Ranges from $19.99/m to $65.99/m

Download Speed: 100-1000 Mbps

Upload Speed: 10 to 50 Mbps

Type: Cable

 

4. Spectrum

Price: Starting from $18 and goes up to $90 per month

Download Speed:  30 to 1000 Mbps

Upload Speed: 5 to 30 Mbps

Type: Cable

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is a common internet connection type known to all. It uses an Ethernet cable that connects your router to enable the internet. This type uses your existing telephone connection for internet access. DSL is mostly available everywhere as each household at least uses a landline service reaching around 100 Mbps max. It uses copper telephone wires to send and receive the data.

Best DSL Providers are:

1. CenturyLink

Price:  $49/m

Download Speed:  20-100 Mbps

Upload Speed: 10-60 Mbps

Caps: 1TB

Availability: 15%

 

2. AT&T

Price: $45 per month

Download Speed: 5-100 Mbps

Upload Speed: 100-1000 Mbps

Data Caps: 1TB

Availability: 50%

 

3. Verizon DSL

Price: $69/month

Download Speed: 0.5-15 Mbps

Upload Speed: 200-880 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

Availability: 18%

 

4. Frontier

Price: $38/m

Download Speed: 5-115 Mbps

Upload Speed: 500-880 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

Availability: 11%

 

Fiber Optic

Fastest of all other wired connection types. This type uses highly efficient fiber optic technology for internet service. With fiber optic, you can get up to 1 Gbps of speed for your internet. That’s a massive one. In addition, Fiber optic, typically composed of glass, and a center is the inner portion of the fiber by which light travels.

1. AT&T

Price: $40 to 80/m

Download Speed: 300-940 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

 

2. GOOGLE FIBER

Price: $70 to $100/m

Download Speed: 1000-2000 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

3. FRONTIER

Price: $70 to $100/m

Download Speed: 1000-2000 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

 

4. KINETIC BY WINDSTREAM

Price: $37 to $67/m

Download Speed: 25-1000 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

 

So, that was a brief discussion about the wired connection types and providers. Hope this was helpful.

Now Let’s get back to the actual topic.

/Advantages of Wired Internet Connections

Reliability:

It depends upon the condition of internet supplies. For instance, damaged Lan cables, old routers, and LAN card problems. These are the most common issues that will be headaches for your wired internet connection. If you have these issues corrected, then you could enjoy this connection type at its full. They are reliable and nothing affects them other than the above-mentioned issues.

Flash Speed and Better Connectivity:

The use of Ethernet cable is a direct and one-on-one operation. Therefore, It will send all the signals toward the end-user rather than scattering them. For example, Whether you play an online game, stream videos, or download heavy files, wired connections will be providing better service.

Security Risk:

Wired connections use hard-wired for internet access. It would be a harder task to hack/intercept the signal that is traveling through a wire.

Lower Latency:

It doesn’t give that much pain of latency. The latency is usually a nightmare for an online gamer. The gamers look for a connection with lower latency. Moreover, Wired connections are better in latency issues also, are the topmost choice if you want to play a game online.

/Disadvantages of Wired Internet Connections

Mobility:

The wired connections are limited to one place only. You can’t move here and there while using these types of connections. However, there is no solution apart from installing more cables to use it in different places. That would be a costly issue and a hectic one. You will face too many expenses for cables, clips, switches, and modem.

Difficult to Install:

For installation, this type requires a long process. Installing the switches, cables, and cores is a time taking process. If you have a small area, it will take a long time. On the other hand, having a large area will take a large bite of the time period.

Dealing with the Cables:

Obviously, you have to face this issue mostly. Even as a single user, or more than one. Certainly, cables are accidentally unplugged. If a force is applied to them, they can be damaged also, you have to call someone to repair it and continue afterward.

Costly:

They are not easily affordable. Slight ease you will get if you are a single user. However, if you have more than 1 user in a house, you need more speed and cables.

Firstly, that was a discussion about a wired connection with advantages and disadvantages. Secondly, now we will discuss the wireless connections.

Wireless Internet 

It is an advanced form of internet connection. They are wireless and use radio waves to transmit the signals from cellular towers to the end-user, not like the wired ones. Moreover, these types of internet are easy to install and don’t require any changing in your infrastructures. They don’t have to put holes to install cables and routers also, No additional clips, switches, or components are needed for it. So they can be an easy option for users.

Wireless Internet types are not limited to only four basic types. Here we will discuss other ones as well.

• WPAN
• WLAN
• WWAN
• WMAN

 

WPAN

It stands for “WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK”. These types of networks are used to link the devices within a small/closer range. The range of these networks could go up to 20ft to 30ft within a short reach. The perfect example of WPAN is Bluetooth connectivity technology. Similarly, like older days, we use to share files, songs, and pictures from mobile to mobile using the Bluetooth option.

WLAN

It is a network connection type that carries data through strong radio waves. It uses modems and control points that establish a connection and enables the devices to operate. This type of wireless internet is usually installed in homes, offices, schools, and different organizations also. For instance, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is a common example. They are a priority because their range is not that much limited.

WWAN

Wireless Wide Area Network uses radio signals from cellular towers and delivers the internet reception towards a great distance. This kind of network allows people to stay online and continue their work. When you don’t have any other option on the internet, WWAN is beneficial. The best example of WWAN is “ATM” operations.

WMAN

These types of wireless networks are usually found in metropolitan areas. It can cover the whole country by government agencies and elite companies. It can only be accessed only by officials that are being authorized for the access. For example, Large private and government-operated organizations.

/The Best Wireless Internet Providers Are:

• XFINITY
• AT&T
• COMLINK
• VERIZON
• SPECTRUM

 

1. XFINITY

Price: $19.99 to $79.99/m

Download Speed: 50-1200 Mbps

Upload Speed: Average 30 Mbps

Data Caps: 1.2 TB

 

2. AT&T

Price: $55 to $180/m

Download Speed: 300-5000 Mbps

Upload Speed: Average 20 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

 

3. COMLINK

Price: $89 to $139/m

Download Speed: 25-90 Mbps

Upload Speed: Average 20 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

4. Verizon

Price: $25 to $89/m

Download Speed: 300-940 Mbps

Upload Speed: Average 25 Mbps

Data Caps: Unlimited

 

/Wireless Connections And Advantages

FLEXIBILITY:

Wireless connections are best for those who don’t want to stick to only one place. Users have freedom, but limited space while using wireless networks. For example, people can bring their devices to a meeting room and connect through Wi-Fi. People can study anywhere by having access to wireless internet without cables/wires issues.

EASY INSTALLATION:

They are easy to install. The process is easy and lower in price. Providers don’t have to kill the beauty of your house to install large Ethernet cables, switches, and clips. Moreover, a wireless network comes with a serene setup process.

EASY MAINTENANCE:

Firstly, wireless internet doesn’t make you scratch your head with cable issues. Secondly, having a wireless network in your working space will make it look good. Therefore, it will be a good pick to have a wireless internet connection without the issues of wires and holes. 

WIDER REACH:

Wireless connections have the pure advantage of reaching more areas. They can be extended to those places where wired connections are unable for installation. A normal router can emit signals to more than 140 feet. If you can add another router, then you can make internet service reach more spaces.

 

/Disadvantages Of Wireless Internet

SECURITY CONCERNS:

Wireless internet connections are more vulnerable. The data is transmitted through the air to reach the end-user. That can easily be broken into if someone tries to intercept it. In addition, different protocols like wired equivalent privacy (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access security standard (WPA2). In addition, you will require more protocols to bolster your connection security.

CONNECTIVITY ISSUES:

Sometimes it will give you a tough time with the connectivity. For example, bad weather, peak hours, walls or different objects, would be disturbing the signals can be the main issues. Also, you have to be in the range of the signals, otherwise, you will face hindrances.

BANDWIDTH:

The wireless network’s maximum allowance of the devices is 20 to 30. It will decrease its bandwidth when you keep piling on the devices. Therefore, there would be a shortage of speed in this case.

Let’s Wrap it up

In conclusion, choosing an internet provider for your needs is a really hard task. Sometimes you don’t get what you need. Here, we have detailed information about the top wired and wireless type internet providers. Sometimes you get it all. If you are worried about maintenance and security, then wired connections aren’t your friends. On the other hand, if you are easy and don’t prefer flexibility, then wired connections are your friend also.

If you are having issues in selecting what you n, reach us out so we can prove ourselves a helping hand.