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Questions tagged [dial-up]

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Why did dialup modems make noise?

I know that the signal was just tone pulses but why was it when (back in the 90s) when you first connected to the internet you heard a bunch of funny noises. After that if you were to use the internet, it still was using the telephone line, why no…
Celeritas
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Why is dial up so slow?

On a dial-up Internet connection, why is the speed is limited to 56 kbits/s compared to a broadband Internet connection which may carry 10 times as much as dial up through that same telephone line? Is it because the dial up is limited to 56 kbits/s…
Karen
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Use a smartphone as a Dial Up Modem?

Most cellphones today have an audio jack that works as both output and input for sound. That's why there's headphones today with built in microphones for making phone calls. Now then, is it possible, using this two way audio jack, to make a dial up…
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Is there any way to answer a phone call using a dial-up modem?

Lately, we've been getting a LOT of telemarketers and spammers calling our home line, evn though we're entered in the national Do Not Call directory. The other day, I unearthed a Pentium 1 in my basement - it had a dial-up modem in it, and we could…
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Connecting two computers via modems (RJ11)

I'd like to recreate old dial-up experience but without actual calling telephone provider's dial-up number. So I thought, maybe a linux machine could host ppp server and accept dial-up calls from win98 machine via the RJ11 wire and share Internet…
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Can I set dial-up connections as metered?

I connect to my metered internet connection through dialup. Windows 8 (and 8.1) has special support for metered connections in order to track and reduce data usage, but the option seems to be missing for this class of connectivity. Or is it? Is…
badp
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Automatically dial the default Internet connection at Windows startup

How can I configure Windows 7 to automatically dial the default dial-up Internet connection as soon as a user logs in? I use a dial-up connection for accessing the Internet, and I don't want to dial everytime I log in to Windows.
Donotalo
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How can I make/receive phone calls with a modem on Linux?

Possible Duplicate: How can I receive phone calls on a Linux server and script stuff depending on the numbers pressed? This is related to my previous question (How can I receive phone calls on a Linux server and script stuff depending on the…
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How to prevent dial up networking connection window from coming up on Windows 7?

I have PPP over Ethernet connection at home, so I have a dial up connection set up which comes up every time when I log in, so I can connect to the net by clicking on it. This works fine, but now I got a router which does the connection…
Tom
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how do i measure my internet speed?

Possible Duplicate: Quick way to check my broadband speed. My internet connection says 920 kb/s. but it doesn't look 920. so how do i measure my real internet speed easily? both uplink and downlink.
Elias Haileselassie
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How to use Dial up modem for VOIP to PSTN calls?

I am new to asterisk freePBX and I want to establish calls between softphone to normal PSTN connections. So I am wondering is this possible or not? can this dial up modem will do it? It has two FXS ports one is for Internet and another for normal…
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Manually dialling a USB modem on windows/linux

I have been trying to setup up a 4g usb modem with my raspberry pi running raspbian (this post is not specific to Raspberry Pi as I run into same problem on windows later on). The modem is recognized and I'm able to query imsi, signal strength and…
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Can ADSL modems connect by dial-up over phone lines without paying for DSL service?

Remember how back in the old days we would connect two computers with a dial-up to play network games? “Command and Conquer”, “Descent” and “Warcraft" come to mind for example… Today, we have ADSL modems who are way faster than the 57,600 b/sec…
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Show dial up connection status in Task Manager

In Windows 8.1, Task Manager shows Wi-Fi, Disk, CPU usage graph in Performance tab. But, it doesn't shows usage of a dial up internet connection. How can I add dial up stats in task manager. Here are screenshots of my task manager and network…
user218521
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How do I stop apps trying to use a dial-up connection?

Every now and again, I might have to use a dial-up internet connection via another tethered phone, i.e. Bluetooth connection to the GPRS modem. Now I am back on 'ops normal', i.e. using a shared internet connection on my own phone, or on my 3G…
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