There are a lot of things to consider when you are shopping for a new internet provider for your home. Internet installation is pretty straightforward, but the service the provider offers can vary significantly from one provider to the next. Ensuring that you get the service you need can be a little tricky, so be sure you know what you are getting with your new internet installation.

Download Speed Isn't Everything

When you are looking at internet installation and packages for your home, it is easy to get caught up in the speed race. Often, that is the one thing that internet providers advertise, and even that can be a little deceiving because many companies only tell you what the download speed is going to be.

While download speeds are important for people who stream movies, play games, and download a lot of files, the upload speeds can also affect the performance of the system. If they are extremely slow, you may notice some lag in your system. If you are trying to upload files, documents, or pictures to the cloud or an archive, the upload speeds can be critical, so be sure to ask what both download and upload speeds are for the package you are considering before you order internet installation for your home.

Balancing the upload and download speeds is the best option, so a fifty Mbps (megabytes per second) upload and download is a better option than a one hundred Mbps download and ten Mbps upload package unless you never need to upload anything.

Limits and Data Caps

When considering internet installation with a new service provider, it is vital to ask about data caps or speed limitations before you order the service. While it has become less common, there are still internet providers that will offer you extremely fast internet connection speeds but will cap the amount of data you can use from month to month without additional charges or slower speeds on the system. 

These data caps may not be an issue for casual internet users, but if you use the connection a lot, you could end up with additional costs that you did not expect. The technician doing the internet installation in your home may not know what the package is or what is included in it, so be sure to ask this question before you sign up for the service. 

Some companies put caps on the smaller internet packages, but you can often get a higher-tier package without them, but there is often an additional monthly cost involved, so finding a provider without data caps is a better option in most cases.