Dsl and Dail up

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:55 pm

If i get dsl and my grandma uses dail up on the same phone line can we both be on at once?

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:59 pm

If you get DSL, then what the funkadelic is the point of dial up!? Just simply buy a router from a surplus for ~$20...

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:02 am

Quick answer yes.

However I'd like to know why you want to continue using dialup. Just about any DSL should have enough bandwidth to let 2+ users serf the web without slowing either one down. Just go out and buy a Router that has a built in switch. Then run ethernet cable to those computers.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:12 pm

Doesn't matter any more.

I was going to get dsl and my grandma wanted to keep her dail-up.

but now she is going to get dsl.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:44 pm

project_failure wrote:Doesn't matter any more.

I was going to get dsl and my grandma wanted to keep her dail-up.

but now she is going to get dsl.

Is she going to get her own or use yours?

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:26 pm

you cant use two dsl modems on the same phone line

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:11 pm

timmeh87 wrote:you cant use two dsl modems on the same phone line

So either his grandma wants to waste money to get another phone line and dsl, or she just got smart and decided to share his dsl.