Residential High-Speed Internet: Watch TV on Your PC
The Internet is revolutionizing our television viewing habits. We’re watching online TV instead of broadcast TV. As our schedules become more complex, we demand television when we want to watch it. Hence watching TV on the Internet has become more and more popular. Some people don’t even own traditional television sets anymore; they just have their PCs and high-speed Internet connections. Watching TV on the web is especially popular on college campuses.
Online TV is just like broadcast TV, but usually with fewer commercials and constant availability, as long as the episode has already been broadcast. You can even see episodes from previous seasons or shows from years past. Want to get started yourself? You just need a computer and a high-speed, or "broadband" Internet connection. This is necessary for any video images, including those for online TV.
If you haven’t already got a high-speed Internet connection, they’re not hard to come by and pricing is reasonable. The fastest residential broadband Internet connection service is cable. This requires physical cabling to be connected to your home and to your computer or home network by your local cable service. Although now widely available, you need to check if it is available in your area.
If it’s not, or you’re looking for something easier on your budget, you might try DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) which would be provided by your local telephone company. It works as a telephone line that allows both voice communication and high-speed Internet connectivity simultaneously.
