In the early days of home internet, a phone line was the key to accessing the world wide web. A lot has changed since then, and many homeowners and internet providers have left the landline behind in ...

Like many people, Lisa White was frustrated with the high cost of cell phone service. So four years ago, she abandoned AT&T for a cell phone plan offered by Xfinity, her cable and internet provider.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether consumers should have a choice of providers when they buy high-speed Internet service over a cable or phone line. Cable companies are ...

I need to run a telephone line over some existing CAT5 cable, and no, it isn't being used as network cable.<BR><BR>One end will be a 568A/B wall insert, the other end will be a Surface Mount Biscuit.

NEW YORK — Phone companies are losing the high-speed Internet game. In the second quarter, the landline phone industry lost broadband subscribers for the first time, as cable companies continued to ...

I tried to get a CAT5 run from the phone line filter to my DSL modem. The best I could get is a few seconds of the modem trying to get a DSL connection before it gave up. As soon as I tried a standard ...

— An estimated 200 Verizon customers remained without land line telephone service Wednesday after lines were damaged from a truck fire here Tuesday afternoon. Verizon Spokesman Lee Gierczynski said ...

MANTOLOKING, N.J. — Robert Post misses his phone line. Post, 85, has a pacemaker that needs to be checked once a month by phone. But the copper wiring that once connected his home to the rest of the ...

Most fax machines include a connection that lets you connect your phone, fax and computer to one phone line. You use this capability when you use dial-up service for an Internet connection, and you ...