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Phone(Land Lines):
» Cable Phone-
Runs through an eMTA (embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter).
Easily put, it runs your internet and phone through your cable TV lines.
Examples: Comcast, Time Warner, Service electric, Westinghouse.

» Land Line Phone-
Runs through a single phone line that comes into the house from the outside off the telephone poles.
Examples: PA Telephone, Con Ed

» VOIP Phone-
Voice over IP, means you require internet access, either through a cable modem, or DSL modem. Cable modems are usually mandatory for VOIP.
Examples: Vonage, MagicJack close

» Cable Internet-
Runs through a cable modem, or an eMTA. Internet runs through your cable TV lines, then outside to the Cable poles. Cable internet has an “always on” connection, meaning you don’t have to log in each time; you just turn on the PC and your surfing the web.
Examples: Comcast, Time Warner, Service electric, Westinghouse.

» DSL Internet-
(Digital Subscriber Line) Runs through a DSL modem which uses the same phone lines as a land-line phone does, thus giving you slower internet speeds than cable and causing you to log in each time.
Examples: Embarq, Direct TV, Dish.

» Dial-Up Internet-
Is a direct connection to your land-line phone wires, which requires a phone service and a phone number. Also you have to dial-up each time you want to go online. This is the slowest of the ways to go online and is beginning to be phased out.
Examples: AOL, NetZero, Juno, MSN.

*There are other types out there, but these are the most common ones.*

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