In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere ...

Supermarket clearance chain Not Quite Retail (NQR) finally decided to ditch dial-up internet for its chain of 26 stores and headquarters in March, instead signing up for an Ethernet WAN connection ...

Despite a major push for broadband Internet access by legislators and consumers, the United States is still largely a dial-up country. Even so, it seems inevitable that dial-up will give way to faster ...

Who doesn’t like dial-up internet? Even if those who survived the dial-up years are happy to be on broadband, and those who are still on dial-up wish that they weren’t, there’s definitely a nostalgic ...

Find a local ISP first. If you are using Win98 go to My Computer then to Dial Up Networking. Double click on "Make a New Connection". Follow prompts. Go to Control Panel, then to Network. Remove all ...

We can’t configure dial-up networking on a laptop with Windows XP Service Pack 2 that already has working Ethernet and wireless network adapters. Using dial-up, the system connects successfully and we ...

Our three-PC network workgroup uses Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to connect to the ISP using dial-up. A Windows 2000 PC is loaded with a PCI 56K bit/sec modem. When we select "on-demand dial" so ...

Dial-up Networking is used to establish a connection to a remote dial-up service with an analog modem. This was commonly used before the days of cable and DSL services. To set up a new connection, ...

COMMENTARY--Last month, I became a statistic in America Online's turnaround plan: They cut off my free subscription. I immediately noticed the $23.90 charge on my credit card bill--the highest rate in ...