Why is dial up so slow?

Question

Why is dial up so slow?

Answer 1

Cause today broadband rules!!! But yes, it's because of traffic in lines

Answer 2

lot of traffic and depends on what time of day when a lot of people on the web and t slow down alot

Answer 3

because its dial up......that why we all have high-speed Internet!!

Answer 4

Dial-up is slow because it can only transfer a maximum of 56Kbps of data.  It is just a technology used issue.

In contrast, DSL Internet can transfer up to 1.5 Mbps, and even up to 5 Mbps.  Thus, DSL and cable Internet can be 30 to 100 times faster than dial-up.

Or, to put it another way, dial-up is as much as 100 times slower than DSL or cable Internet...

Answer 5

Dial-up internet is slow because it relies on the modulation of an audible carrier signal. Audible carriers are used because they're universal: every phone line is capable of carrying an audible signal (obviously, or we wouldn't be able to *talk* on the phone). But the amount of signal that can be squeezed into a modulated audio tone is limited by the signal-to-noise capacity of the twisted-pair wiring of your phone line... and we've pretty much reached the theoretical maximum, at about 57 kbps.

DSL uses the same twisted-pair wiring, but it relies on a much higher-frequency carrier signal. That allows much more information to be carried; however, that high-frequency carrier can only travel on wiring up to a certain distance, and can be lost or hopelessly distorted if the signal passes through older switching equipment before reaching your house. So, not everyone can use DSL.

Answer 6

Lots of traffic slows down the lines and connection

Answer 7

its a cheaper type of internet.

get dsl and its 2-4 x faster