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Get dial up internet on Windows 7 computer without PCI cards

I have just purchased the Dell Zino HD for my grandparents, which is fantastic for their needs. The only problem is that is does not come with a built in 56K dial up modem. Does anyone know of a good ...
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Use a smartphone as a Dial Up Modem?

Most cellphones today have an audio jack that works as both output and input for sound. That's why there's headphones today with built in microphones for making phone calls. Now then, is it possible, ...
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Automatically dial the default Internet connection at Windows startup [duplicate]

How can I configure Windows 7 to automatically dial the default dial-up Internet connection as soon as a user logs in? I use a dial-up connection for accessing the Internet, and I don't want to ...
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how do i measure my internet speed? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Quick way to check my broadband speed. My internet connection says 920 kb/s. but it doesn't look 920. so how do i measure my real internet speed easily? both uplink and ...
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Always-On-SSH tunnel

We have a field office that uses a dialup connection with a non-public IP given from the ISP. Dialin is done by GNOME-PPP. How can we hold an SSH connection (with tunnel) open to a server in the ...
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Can't make Windows hotspot using modem dongle which identifies as "Dial-up" connection

I have a USB dongle (ZTE) which works fine on my Windows 10 laptop. In network settings I can see it is acting as a "Dial-Up" connection. I want to share this connection so I and my friend can use it ...
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Incoming dial-up connection compatibility?

I have a windows 10 machine, a windows xp machine and a mac. All three of them have working dial-up modems. I set up my windows 10 pc as an incoming dial up connection server, and the xp machine was ...
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