DSL is now a standard favorite among the high-speed, broadband Internet connections.  DSL works with a twisted pair of copper wires, just like the kind that connects to your telephone from the telephone company.

When you are hooked up to a DSL Internet connection, your traditional phone line becomes the medium for all of your voice conversations and your Internet data requests.  Just like in a cable connection, the line is shared by the two connections and the information is kept separate, so that signals do not cross.