Minneapolis, Minnesota, Basic Data
	City Profile: State: Minnesota Total Area: 54.9 mi² Population: 382,618 Time Zone: Central UTC 6 Nickname: "City of Lakes"	Sports Teams: NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves NFL: Minnesota Vikings MLB: Minnesota Twins WNBA: Minnesota Lynx NHL: -	Some Services Available: Minneapolis Verizon Online DSL Minneapolis Qwest DSL Minneapolis NetZero Dial-up Minneapolis Juno Dial-up
	Facts: Minneapolis and St. Paul are called the "Twin Cities"

Minneapolis Internet Access

In Minneapolis you can get any kind of Internet access you want for your home or small business. The first step is to decide wich Internet service fits your budget. With that on mind here you have the top Internet services available for Minneapolis. After this table you will find some information that may be useful in case you have doubts about the meaning of the terms dial-up, broadband, high-speed, DSL, etc., all information that might be good to consider before deciding your future Internet access service and provider:

Top Internet Access Providers in Minneapolis
DSL Internet Access Providers in Minneapolis
Verizon DSL Access		Qwest DSL Access
	Verizon Online DSL: Unlimited High-Speed Internet Access starting at $29.95/month. Click here to find out more		Qwest DSL - Free Activation High Speed DSL Internet Service
Dial up Internet Access Providers in Minneapolis
Netzero Dial-up Access		Juno Dial-up Access
	Click here for details of the Internet access services provided by NetZero: Platinum and HiSpeed		Click here for details of the Internet access services provided by Juno: Platinum and Speedband

There are different kinds of Internet services:

- Dial-up access is the one that is brought to you via the telephone line. This meaning you can't use your phone while you are surfing the Internet. The speed limit of this service is established by the modem (that your computer must have) that is used by your computer to receive the signal. This is the traditional modem, which can receive up to 56 kbps, the lowest transfer rate of all the Internet accesses. Dial-up is not recommended to download large files, but it is enough to check your mails and do some surfing in the internet. Usually, you have to consider you will have additional charges on your phone bill (this depends on you telephone company). The brightest side of this internet access is that it is cheapest of all. Some dial-up providers have special services (like NetZero's HiSpeed and Juno's Speedband) that include a software with a compressing method to receive some of the information faster, this accelerates the connection without the need of additional hardware and still paying a dial-up service.

- Broadband or "high-speed" access, these terms include 3 different internet services: DSL access, like the dial-up access, it brings the information to your computer via the phone line but is uses a different technology that doesn't occupy the line, allowing you to use your phone while you're surfing. The second broadband access is Cable modem, that brings the internet signal through the coaxial cable of your cable TV service. Finally you have Satellite Internet access, that works similar to Directv or Dish Network, it can use a separate dish or you can contract the internet access provided by these companies and share the same dish with your TV.

All these 3 broadband services have speeds that are 10 times higher than dial-up, or even more, depending on what you pay for (512 kbps, 1 Mbps, ...), all of them use a special modem that is provided by the company giving you the Internet service (usually free). Any of these accesses is enough to have a satisfactory Internet experience, they are ideal to download and share files (mp3, videos, etc) and are almost indispensable if you work from home or if you are thinking about it for your office.

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Internet Access Providers Comparison made by Juno
Internet Access Providers Comparison made by Netzero
Netzero Internet Access Offer Details