The modem you are thinking about in your laptop can’t be used for DSL connections. This modem is for use on a regular phone line and is for dial up connections to an ISP. This type of connection is ...

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<TAB>In an effort to trim costs and speed up installations, struggling DSL provider Covad Communications is now offering a kit that allows consumers to set up their own high-speed Internet connection ...

Unless your internet setup requires new wiring, you can probably install it all by yourself. More and more top internet providers are offering self-installation ...

A recent experience with attempting to install DSL turned out to be more complicated than it should have been. Reports are that this is not an uncommon experience. Verizon, our supplier, provided a CD ...

I moved recently, leaving behind spotty 3mbps DSL for 15mbps cable internet. I'm only a few miles down the road, but telecommunications laws being what they are, that's all it took to get some decent ...

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Pacific Bell's parent company, SBC Communications, has started slashing the number of technicians assigned to install DSL lines, despite customer complaints that it often takes too long to obtain help ...