But just like getting a telephone number, you have to advertise it before people will call - that's what the search engines do. You may have heard about services like America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy - these all are popular ways to get connected. Once connected, you can get to the Internet through the service. Another option is to connect directly to the Internet through a local 'service provider'. Unlike services like America Online, service providers only do Internet connections, but are generally much cheaper to use.
Every city has several service providers offering dial-up connections.
It should be fairly easy to find one that offers a plan that works for you. Thank you to Network Experts Inc. for their permission to utilize the 'Internet Series' brocheres on-line.