I'm about to switch from dialup to broadband, and want to use a different ISP to the one I'm using for dial-up. Can I overlap the two modes of accessing the web?
Timothy Ashplant
This shouldn't be a problem, and many people use multiple forms of net access. For example, my own laptop is used for dial-up (via the RJ-11 port), home broadband (via the RJ-45 port), mobile broadband (via a USB dongle) and assorted Wi-Fi connections. The only combination I found impossible, a few years ago, was ADSL and an Astra satellite connection.
Backchat: Frank Teasdale and others asked why I still used dial-up. My laptop travels the world and there are plenty of places that don't have broadband. Also, it provides a fallback in the UK, though not one I've used for several years.
