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There are many different types of connections to the internet. There are slow connections and there are fast connections. Slow connections are dial up modem connections. Fast connections are broadband connections. Dial up modems have different speeds and there are also different types of broadband connections. Depending on what you want to use the internet for, either type of connection could be good for you. Way back when the internet wasn’t so popular, connections to it were very slow. Modems as slow as 14.4k were used to dial up to the internet. That is very slow as compared to today’s standard 56k dial up modem. 56k modem connections are what most home internet user’s use to access the internet. The modem in the computer dials up through a phone line to the internet service provider and information travels through the phone line at about 56kbps. 56kbps is a decent speed for someone who is not a hardcore net user; someone who