I just signed up for dial up internet services thru bellsouth and when I went to plug the phone line into the back of the computer I realized there is no jack small enough for the phone line to fit. There is a slightly larger jack (which I’m told is for DSL services), but I’m not interested in paying the DSL rates! Is there an adaptor of some sort I can purchase to get dial up services on my computer?
Be nice…if you can’t tell I dont know much of anything about computers!!
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When I unplug the phoneline, it connects. What causes this?
I have a brand new computer with Windows XP. When I am not on the internet, I unplug the phone line from the back of the computer (Yes, I am stuck in the 90s with dialup). I am extremely careful about the virus software and the window’s updates – I always do them dutifully when prompted. I use the computer as an alarm clock, so it is on all night, but I turn it off during the day while I am at work.
Question #1 – Last night, in the middle of the night, I heard the computer shut down and then the startup music… so I am assuming that it spontaneously restarted. I know of no updates that needed installing. What would cause this to occur?
Question #2 – Occasionally, there is a buzzing or loud humming type noise which pulses slightly coming from the tower. This occurs even when the computer is idling, and happens about once every 2 or 3 minutes and lasts for about 15 seconds.
Thanks for your help!! 
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I looked at the back of my DirecTV satellite receiver, and I noticed that it has a USB connection. Hackers/Computer professionals, why is it that I cannot connect my computer to my satellite and have a DSL? I may be an idiot for asking, and I accept that in advance lol, because I have a feeling that it isn’t quite as easy as my small brain thinks it is. My frustration comes from the “molasses in January” style dialup connection that I am forced to still have, and also because I have very little hair left to pull out….Thanks so much for your help, friends.
Thanks to you guys for being intelligent and ALSO gentle with my fragile “hamster-running-on-wheel” brain. I figured it was too good to be true, and guess what? It was, lol. Every time I connect at 42.6 at want to scream “YEEEARRRGHHH!!!”
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When I unplug the phoneline, it connects. What causes this?
