Editing Dial-up Internet access (section)

==Usage in other devices==
[[File:Series 2 tivo back.jpg|thumb|A [[TiVo Series2]] video recorder's back panel. The telephone socket, located near the cooling fan exhaust, is a way for the machine to download its required [[electronic program guide]] data.]]

Other devices, such as [[satellite receiver]]s and [[digital video recorder]]s (such as [[TiVo]]), have also used a dial-up connection using a household phone socket. This connection allowed to download data at request and to report usage (e.g. ordering [[pay-per-view]]) to the service provider. This feature did not require an [[Internet service provider]] account – instead, the device's internal modem dialed the server of the service provider directly. These devices may experience difficulties when operating on a [[VoIP]] line because the compression could alter the modem signal. Later, these devices moved to using an [[Ethernet]] connection to the user's Internet [[router (computing)|router]], which became a more convenient approach due to the growth in popularity of broadband.