how do you connect to a dial up or cable internet ? what do i need?

Answer 1

A modem. You probably have one built in to your computer - so just a cable to the phone socket and an account with an ISP (Internet Service provider) and you have dial up. Broadband is a little different. You can get DSL from a cable company or ADSL on a phone line. In the UK TalkTalk will provide you with a modem and microfilter and you plug the microfilter in to the phone socket, the phone in to the microfilter. then a cable from the microfilter to a broadband modem and a cable from the modem to the USB port on the computer. Put the talktalk disk in the computer and it'll set it up for you. It costs £19.99 a month for Talk3 - that is line rental and free calls to all numbers whose codes start in 01 or 02, not 0845,0870 or mobile numbers. You also get free broadband up to 8 Mbs . Dial up is 56,000 bits per second - 8Mbs is 8 million bits per second - a lot faster. Plus you get 15 Mb of space for a Website and 5 email accounts. If you want free international calls to the EU, North America, new Zealand and Australia that will cost you £1 a month more. But £20.99 a month for that lot isn't bad. Check out my 360 page and go to my TalkTalk website to see what you can do with that 15 Mb of webspace. Downside - 100,000 people a month signing up and so there is a waiting list. I should get the 8 Mbs this month or next - but some people have to wait as long as 12 months for the new equipment to go in the exchanges. But the 2.2 Mbs I have now is OK - just be better for video when it's up to speed.

Answer 2

for dial-up you just need a telephone line. for cable you need to call you cable company or someone that carries it, you need a special modem for that.

Answer 3

service .the plug in