Getting ONLINE
Pitchcare Online, for those who are Offline
I’m Alastair, Pitchcare’s Web Developer and IT expert and this is part three of my guide to Pitchcare online for those who are offline. In part one I showed you how to get online if you don’t have a computer, and in part two, how to buy a computer. This part in the series is going to focus on getting online once you have a computer. There is only one requirement to getting your computer connected to the internet, which is that you have a telephone line (a landline) coming into your house. This provides a communications channel to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and cannot be avoided.
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The simplest way to get your computer onto the internet, is via a dialup modem. When you want to go online your computer uses a piece of hardware called a modem to take over your telephone line, connecting to another computer at your ISP. The computer actually makes a telephone call so you pay a call charge for every second you are online. Depending on the ISP and the time of day you connect, you may pay between 1p
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and 4p per minute. Some ISPs let you dial a freephone number in exchange for paying a monthly fee, so you can be connected for as long as you want for around £15 per month, without paying a per minute charge. There are disadvantages of connecting to the internet in this way; you cannot make or receive telephone calls while you are online, and your connection will not be very fast compared with other methods of connecting to the internet.
The advantage of connecting using a dialup service is that it can be more economical than other methods of getting online; If you only go online once a month, or for a short time once a week, the cost is minimal. You can buy dialup modems from
large computer retailers such as PC World or Comet, or smaller specialist stores. They are a common product, so you should not have any trouble with them not having any stock. The cost should be about £15 to £20. Make sure it is a 56k speed modem, but it is unlikely to be lower. If you choose a modem that has to be fitted inside the computer, make sure that
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