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**PilotVertolet** · 04-16-2010, 07:51 PM

The "phone plug" is probably the network connection. You might still need an external modem. I can look at home see if I still have any old ones. If you get broadband they usually supply you the modem.........don't they? It's been so long since i've set up anything like this.

Correct. Most modern computers do not come with dial up modems any more. The phone plug that you saw is a Cat 5 plug. It's has more wires then a phone plug. A phone wire has a jack that will plug into it but it's like trying to connect your water faucet to your gas line. They are both pipes but carrying way different product.

The modems that DSL lines or cable uses are completely different kinds of modems. They are all called modems because they MOdulate and DEMODULATE analog signals and convert them into digital signals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem

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PilotVertolet Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	The "phone plug" is probably the network connection. You might still need an external modem. I can look at home see if I still have any old ones. If you get broadband they usually supply you the modem.........don't they? It's been so long since i've set up anything like this. Correct. Most modern computers do not come with dial up modems any more. The phone plug that you saw is a Cat 5 plug. It's has more wires then a phone plug. A phone wire has a jack that will plug into it but it's like trying to connect your water faucet to your gas line. They are both pipes but carrying way different product. The modems that DSL lines or cable uses are completely different kinds of modems. They are all called modems because they MOdulate and DEMODULATE analog signals and convert them into digital signals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem
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