Thursday, October 10, 2013

Before You Move, Research Internet Service Providers

By Sanjay Kuprador


Although moving can be incredibly exciting, especially if you are buying your first home or moving to another city or state, it can also be a very stressful time. You already have to turn on or transfer utilities which is easy to do but you also have to find the time to research, internet service providers.

Even if you currently have online access, you will still find yourself asking, "Who are the internet service providers in my area?" so you know if your current service will even transfer. Not to mention, there's always plenty of sign up incentives available for new customers so you may not even want to transfer your current service anyway.

Your new neighbourhood may not allow for the same options as you currently have. So if you have Time Warner Cable now, you may only be able to get Comcast at your new location. This is largely due to different companies having different areas of coverage.

Also, if you are moving to a rural area, your choices may be limited. Quite often, DSL and even cable aren't options if you just bought yourself some farmland or a quiet chalet nestled in the mountains. Don't fret though, you still have options!

Thanks to satellite options, you are not going to have to go use the public library or spend your day in a caf just to enjoy fast internet speeds. Satellite internet service works by delivering broadband over open airwaves. Special equipment is required but if you sign up online, you can often find incentives to offset these fees.

The easiest way to pick internet service providers in your area is to find a website that allows you to search by zip code. This will give you an idea of what's available to you. If you're moving to an urban area, there's a good chance that you will have DSL, cable and fiber optics options to choose from.

Once you find out what service is available to you, you can then compare the pricing and packaging of each provider that interest you. Just make sure that you're not comparing a DSL service provider to a fiber optics service provider because that's like comparing apples to oranges.

Understand that DSL will be your least expensive option, cable will follow and then fiber optics is typically the most costly but it offers the fastest speeds. If you are interested in fiber optics options, consider signing up for a bundle package to get the best deal. You are going to need television and phone service in your new home anyway, right?




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