Internet Connections

• There are various technologies available that you can use to connect a home computer to the Internet

• • A phone modem converts computer data into an analog audio signal for transfer over a telephone line, and then a modem at the destination converts it back again into data
  • A digital subscriber line (DSL) uses regular copper phone lines to transfer digital data to and from the phone company’s central office
  • A cable modem uses the same line that your cable TV signals come in on to transfer the data back and forth