One of the great conveniences of having a digital subscriber line, or DSL, broadband connection to the Internet is that you can use the Web and talk on the phone at the same time. This useful feature ...

Probably not the best thread title. My current setup is. I have a DSL telephone copper line that runs from my street cabinet to my room where I have my computer and into the wireless routers port.

My DSL line downloads at 6 megabits per second. I just ran the test. This is over a pair of copper twisted wires, the same Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) twisted pair that connected your ...

I'm trying to troubleshoot an Internet and phone problem for some people nearby. They've got bare DSL service through Earthlink now, and used to have an analog phone line. They're here in Silicon ...

For small Connecticut busineses looking to go online, the choices for Internet access have been limited. Traditional dial-up connections have always been available. But that’s a cumbersome approach ...

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 ...

Voice over IP base stations are apparently all the rage these days; Softbank has a new one coming out in Japan called the BB Phone Station that basically combines a Vonage-like Internet telephone ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He now manages CNET San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D printers ...

A device that connects multiple computers to a cable or DSL line for Internet access. Also called a "residential gateway," "modem/router," "modem gateway," "home gateway" and "Internet gateway." The ...

Pat Mooney needed a high-speed Internet connection -- and fast. His marketing firm in Torrance, Calif., AMP Group, had to gear up immediately for a new project, and needed the quick connection to get ...