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You can connect a DSL modem to a D-Link router by using an Ethernet cable and then entering your DSL username and password. Most DSL modems have a built-in router ...

Once upon a time you could find digital subscriber line (DSL) evangelists shouting about the "revolution" on every corner in San Francisco. Not anymore. All those fanatics have quietly retreated. If ...

Digital Subscriber Line Chipsets Market maintains a strong foothold by cost-effectively upgrading global legacy copper ...

The number of consumers logging onto the Internet through DSL quadrupled in the past year, but that incredible growth came to a screeching halt in the first quarter after some providers went belly-up ...

Most local phone companies in the United States offer what’s commonly called “naked DSL,” although the companies themselves don’t tend to use that term. Simply put, it’s DSL service without analog ...

Are you reading this over AT&T DSL right now? If so, you might have to upgrade or go shopping for a new ISP soon. AT&T quietly stopped selling new traditional DSLs on October 1st, though they will ...

If you have a DSL line in your office and use a DSL modem to connect your business computers to the Internet, you might need to use the modem's Internet Protocol address. If you don't know the IP ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. After ...

Like beachfront homes in a hurricane, DSL providers are becoming the latest casualties of the dot-com bust. Last week, San Francisco's NorthPoint Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankrupty ...

Local phone companies advertising steep discounts for high-speed Internet access are beginning to assess new "regulatory" fees that would effectively increase monthly costs by 10 percent or more for ...