Are Website Builders for you?

Website builders (and website creation software) are tools that give you a way to build and design your own site. Website builders are intended to be for the DYI (do-it-yourself) person with little knowledge of programming code like HTML or PHP. Many website builders are free as long as you use the hosting provider that offers that free service. An …

Is Dial–Up Dead?

For years, internet users had only a dial-up connection to the world wide web.  Do you remember the ads and free trial disks in the mail from AOL?  With today’s high speed internet, you might think dial-up is dead, but there are still a few hangers-on. As of September 2011, AOL reported they have slightly over 3 million dial-up customers.  …

Different Types of Internet Connections

There are many ways a personal electronic device can connect to the internet.  They all use different hardware and each has a range of connection speeds.  As technology changes, faster internet connections are needed to handle those changes.  I thought it would be interesting to list some of the different types of internet connections that are available for home and …