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What do I need to buy in order to have cable internet?
and how much internet would I use (average per month) if i played online games for most days, and avoided using the internet for youtube, social networking and large downloads?
 
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grana92
First of all you need to have a functional home wire installation. A copper pair wire running trough your wall from the socket to the connection point in your building/neighborhood. Then you need to contact the optimal ISP and sign a contract, they will supply the router. After the router is installed and your internet service is working, you need a Ethernet cable that is used to connect your PC to the router. Usually a UTP Cat.5e cable (SFT or FTP are also good but kinda overkill).

Now all of this sounds simple, but the real question is which type of infrastructure will the ISP use, coax, copper pair, fiber optics...

Also, as far as I know, all ISP have a flat rate internet service so it doesn't really matter how much you download...
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You don't need to "buy" anything. If cable Internet is available in your area, you will need to contact to Internet Service Provider (ISP) in your area and order the service. Either they will come to your home and set it up for you or you will get a self install package and you will install it your self and contact the ISP to get it activated.

Cost will be completely dependent on the service you order.

-Wolf sends
 
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First of all you need to have a functional home wire installation. A copper pair wire running trough your wall from the socket to the connection point in your building/neighborhood. Then you need to contact the optimal ISP and sign a contract, they will supply the router. After the router is installed and your internet service is working, you need a Ethernet cable that is used to connect your PC to the router. Usually a UTP Cat.5e cable (SFT or FTP are also good but kinda overkill).

Now all of this sounds simple, but the real question is which type of infrastructure will the ISP use, coax, copper pair, fiber optics...

Also, as far as I know, all ISP have a flat rate internet service so it doesn't really matter how much you download or upload. As far as the bandwidth goes, somewhere around 10Mb/s will be just fine for gaming. Ping is a bigger concern, anything above 40ms is too much for stable gaming if you ask me.

 
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first look if you have cable tv and phone if you can do a bundle deal and lock in cheap rate. if your in the us best buy sells cable modem and routers that are all in one. i picked one up for my data for 99.00 to save them the 10.00 rental fee from Comcast. if you do go with your own modem you have to call the isp and give them the serial number and mac info of the modem. with isp like comcast thye say it all you can use broadband but they do have a limit cap. most isp and online now they have free tools that show you your usage per month. with isp speed it depends on your area and sometimes time of day if your on comcast and there local node gets overloaded everyone slows down. also how many people are on the modem/router and what there doing. one leacher doing peer to peer can eat your bandwith like tic tacs.
 
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