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On Wed, 21 May 2003, Simon Sharratt wrote:

> hi I know i shouldn't ask here but is there an idiots guide to
> connecting to the internet over a modem?Or should I just go and spend
> hours more reading the manual?

Yep - in particular the 5-10 pages called 'Userland PPP'.

Dw.