1. BY: Jordan Ameerali

2. What is an Internet Service Provider? A Internet Service Provider or ISP is a company that provides access to the Internet. For a monthly fee, the service provider gives you a software package, username, password and access phone number. Equipped with a modem, you can then log on to the Internet and browse the Web and send and receive e-mails.

3. Ways to connect to the Internet ► Dial-up ► LAN ► DSL ► Satellite ► Wireless

4. Dial-Up Dial-up Internet Access is a form of Internet access via telephone lines. The user's computer or router uses an attached modem connected to a telephone line to dial into an Internet service provider's (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then used to route Internet Protocol packets between the user's equipment and hosts on the Internet.

5. LAN A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings, such as a school, or an airport. The defining characteristics of LAN, in contrast to wide- area networks (WAN), include their usually higher data-transfer rates, smaller geographic range, and lack of a need for leased telecommunication lines.

6. DSL DSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. DSL originally stood for digital subscriber loop, although in recent years, the term digital subscriber line has been widely adopted as a more marketing-friendly term for ADSL, which is the most popular version of consumer-ready DSL. DSL uses high frequency, while regular telephone uses low frequency on the same telephone line.

7. Satellite Satellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and in locations which move frequently. Internet access via satellite is available worldwide, including vessels at sea and mobile land vehicles.

9. TSTT High Speed Internet ► No lengthy log-ons ► Up to 5 times faster than normal dial-up modems ► Download speed from 128k ► High audio, video, graphic quality ► View video broadcasts and listen to music files with better quality ► No extra phone line required ► No charges on Internet usage ► Make/receive calls and use the Internet at the same time ► No missed calls while surfing ► An always-on Internet connection ► Free Firewall protection ► Virtual Private Networking (VPN) available to secure connections

10. Linksys ► Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router ► (802.11b/g, 54 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA - MPN: WRT54G) Price Range: $31.39 - $99.00 from 19 Sellers ► The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect Wireless-G or Wireless-B devices to the network. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices. Connect four PCs directly, or daisy-chain out to more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Broadband Router can encrypt all wireless transmissions. The Router can serve as a DHCP Server, has NAT technology to protect against Internet intruders, supports VPN pass- through, and can be configured to filter internal users' access to the Internet. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility.

12. Works Sited ►h►h►h►http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_differ ent_ways_to_connect_to_internet ►h►h►h►http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL ►h►h►h►http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_up ►h►h►h►http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_servic e_providers ►h►h►h►http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN