What is the difference between a dial up connection and a broadband connection?

Answer 1

Digital Subscriber Line broadband is a whole world of difference from Dial-up!

Ok so dial up is transmitting tones & data over a phone line, its slow and typical speeds are less than 1mb... so you cant really watch YouTube!

DSL broadband is an "always on" dedicated internet line, and allows much faster connections!

Typically business's might have something like DSL at a minimum, and increasingly home users will have DSL services or similar.

Dialup is pretty archaic these days, and few use them, increasingly being phased out by suppliers and providers as legacy technology.

Answer 2

The fundamental difference between dialup and broadband Internet connections is the manner in which the connection is made from your PC to the Internet. A dialup service connects to the Internet through your phone line. The modem in your PC "calls" an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and connects with a maximum speed of 56,000 bytes per second, better known as a 56K speed connection. Each time your PC dials into the ISP, it is assigned an Internet Protocol (IP) address, which you can think of as an "Internet address." A different, unique IP address is assigned at the beginning of each visit so that the ISP can recognize your PC and make sure you can send and receive email, surf the Internet, and so on; basically, this address lets your ISP know where to send the information you are requesting through your modem. In terms of hackers, in order for someone to gain access to your computer, it would be necessary for them to know your IP to successfully do so. The fact that your IP address constantly changes essentially makes your Internet connection more secure.

In contrast, when you connect to the Internet via a broadband Internet connection, the process is slightly different. Once your PC is connected to the ISP through a cable or DSL connection, it remains connected until the cable box or DSL line is disconnected or physically unplugged. A DSL connection runs through unused wires in your existing phone line without disruption and can translate data at 5 million bytes per second, or 5Mbps. Broadband services are often referred to as "always on" services because it is not necessary to make a setup call to your ISP each time you wish to access the Internet; this means that once you are assigned an IP address, you keep it until you request it to be changed.

Answer 3

a dial up service connected through phone line whereas broadband connected through satellite,cable or phone line.

speed is more in broadband(5MBPS)whereas in dialup its upto 50KBps