by "Charles" <charlesschuler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Aug 28, 2008 at 07:37 PM
"ian field" <gangprobing.alien@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Jack" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:48b5ae4f.31464140@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>A company that is not a phone co. offered a contract for stand alone
>> DSL.
>>
>> 1) If DSL is always on, does that mean that you're connected to the
>> Internet everytime the machine is booted up? Isn't there a switch to
>> turn it off and on?
>
> Keep the modem within easy reach of your chair - then you can pull the
> power jack when you're not working online.
The modem might even have an "Off Line" button or function.