Do I need an ISP in addition to Yahoo?
2006-09-09 12:14:50 · 12 answers · asked by chalky 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yahoo is a free web site and free search engine that is accessable to anyone with an internet connection. However, Yahoo does partner with some ISPs to co-brand internet service. In the USA Yahoo partners with Verizon and AT&T. In canada it is Rogersand in the UK it is BT.
2006-09-09 12:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo is a website online just like anyone else.
You need an ISP, an Internet Service Provider, to be able to connect to the web in order to go to yahoo's website (if you want to). There are hundreds of ISP's. Check your local phone company or your cable company first.
You're already online posting a message on yahoo answers. You're using an ISP to get here.'
2006-09-09 12:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I think an ISP is an Internet Service Provider. You have to have that to access the web. Yahoo is just a website on the web. Some people use MSN, Lycos, or Google. AT&T is an ISP. They just bought out SBC, which interestingly was associated with Yahoo. If you can access Yahoo you already have an ISP. If you want to access Yahoo and dont, then you need an ISP.
2006-09-09 12:19:24 · answer #3 · answered by ISOBESTANSWERS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-21 21:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ISP is an internet service provider, like a phone compnay, all the do is allow you to use their phone line to acess the net, yahoo is a internet company providing services once you are online
You need the ISP to get online and yahoo to do stuff online
2006-09-09 12:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by pj2024 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple answer is they do all. such as they are ISP, search engine, etc...
If i descrive bit more then it will be....
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2006-09-09 12:23:59 · answer #6 · answered by The-One 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Yahoo! is a "what". You do not need an ISP to go to Yahoo!. If you logon with a computer that's connected to the net (say a library, or a friend's house), you can use Yahoo! or visit any web page that anyone can. The only thing you can not do in that situation is use email such as Yahoo! or Gmail.
2006-09-09 13:42:01 · answer #7 · answered by Nick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo= ISP ( dsl ), Search Engine, Web Based EMail, Internet Chat, etc. When you install a modem or dial up internet provider, this is your ISP, Yahoo is simply another place to visit, and ask silly questions, too. Good Luck
2006-09-09 12:25:16 · answer #8 · answered by Devil Dog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo partners with SBC to sell Internet service. It's pretty much just Yahoo rebranding SBC's service.
Yahoo is a web "portal". It's meant as a place where you can find a lot of information and news. To get to Yahoo, you need an internet connection, which would be sold to you by an ISP.
2006-09-09 12:19:11 · answer #9 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo provides internet services, but not connectivity. You need an ISP in addition to Yahoo. If you are shopping, start with the cable company, they generally are faster and easier to get broadband than DSL in my experience.
2006-09-09 12:18:04 · answer #10 · answered by crzybob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋