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O.K., you are ready to take the plunge, but how? Unlike with telephone or cable television, there is no single local provider or standardized hardware to fall back on. To surf the Web you will need some basic computer hardware (much of which you may already have) and a method of making the electronic connection. The choices of how, with what, and with whom are the next issues we need to address.
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Smith, R.P., Edwards, M.J.A. (1999). Connecting to the Internet. In: The Internet for Physicians. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3074-6_3
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