"Michael" <kj@nvb.com> wrote in message
news:3Rfzj.61968$os2.5833@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
> Folks
>
> I run a voip line on the end of a cable connection from Virgin, and I
> fully understand that the system works as the cable is 'always on'.
>
> What I don't understand is ..... others, who do not have 'always on'
> cable, use VoIP ..... but how?
>
> My Mum for example, uses (as it happens) AOL for her Internet -and it
> a dial up broadband system. How could she use VoIP - would she have to
> leave her connection to AOL on 24/7?
>
> Sorry for being so thick.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Mick
>
> --


I imagine the only reason that your mums ADSL is not always on
is because she is using a USB modem powered by her computer.

Strictly speaking it is not "dial-up broadband" but Windows dial-up
networking is typically used to initiate the connection, so it may seem
that way.
For VoIP, and other serious internet use, you would have a router
to connect to the Internet independent of your computer(s)

--
Graham

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