High speed ISP vs dial up

When I first got into high school I convinced my dad that we need to get connected to the internet, and I was instantly enthralled with the net. Since they were on dial up ISP and we only had one telephone line most of my online time was at night time, so I'd remain up for hours emailing bubbies and chatting with my friends. I discovered online chess and cards, chat rooms, and message boards. I was amazed at how much data was out there. I could plug whatever I wanted to learn about into a search engine and up would pop some facts about my subject.

When I got to college I was introduced to the world of high speed internet service, and I was surprised to learn how much I had been missing out on by relying on dial up ISP. Instantly I could download programs without leaving the computer online all evening to download a game demo, and I could stream music and videos straight to my computer.

When I was on dial up ISP I had known persons shared music online but the knowledge didn't do me any good since it took such an unrealistic amount of time to download a single tune, much less an complete CD. High speed ISP let me swap music as well as movies and documents back and forth with my friends throughout campus whenever I wanted and within minutes; no more getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning to make certain my song download was still working.

Another nice thing about high speed access had over dial up ISP was that with my high speed connection, I could be online all the time, letting me answer to emails and chat with friends whenever I wanted without waiting 3, 4 or 5 minutes for my computer to get connected to the internet and for my email home page to load.

Though dial up ISP allowed me to access all of the essential, basic components of the internet it didn't make it really easy. I still recall bringing over a publication so I could have something to study while the web pages downloaded on our dial up connection. Though the dial up ISP was a lot better than nothing, I don't believe I could ever go back now that I've tried high speed ISP since it gives me so many more options and uses for the internet that I could never take advantage of while on dial up.

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