Dial-up Internet service uses regular telephone lines to access the Internet. Because of this, you can use any old telephone jack in your home to connect your computer to the Internet at any time, so long as you’re using dial-up and have a dial-up Internet service provider. You do this by connecting your computer to the jack with a phone cable, and then creating a new dial-up connection in Windows. Writer Bio

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