o Personal Computers will replace telephones, answering machines, stereos, CD players, and VCRs—maybe even TV!—as a single, universal device for home use. Sounds like a good thing to connect to the NREN.
o Computer and telephone technology will become so intertwined that it is hard to tell the difference. One product, already on the market, is described as " You are welcome to believe all or none of these predictions. <Chapter 3> How Do I Connect To the Internet? Connecting to the Internet involves several steps: (1) Getting your modem and communications software working together (2) Connecting to a provider over the phone lines (or a LAN) (3) Using Internet services For the first step you will have to rely on the manuals that came with your modem and software. Appendix B contains a discussion of some of the obscurer terminology associated with modem settings. You might want to read it if your manual is not well written. Actually, you do not have to know about the second step in great detail. Mostly it is a matter of knowing enough to intellegently choose a provider. Each provider will have a specific set of steps—modem settings, access numbers, passwords, etc.—that you need to follow in order to get from you to the provider. Don't lose hope! Once you get there you've finished the hardest part. Chapter 6 contains very explicit instructions for connecting to one particular service, DELPHI.