An ISP is a business that sells you a connection from your computer or phone to the rest of the internet. You pay them, and they give you the pipe — through a wall socket, a mobile signal, or both — so your device can send and receive.

An ISP一間 ISP is a business that sells you a connection from your computer or phone to the rest of the internet是賣你「從電腦或手機連到網路世界」這個服務的公司。You你 pay them付錢給他們, and而 they give you the pipe他們給你這條「管線」——through a wall socket, a mobile signal, or both透過牆上的網路孔、行動訊號，或兩者都有——so your device can send and receive讓你的裝置可以收發資料。

In everyday talk people also say internet company, or in Taiwan they simply name the firm on the bill. Though actually, younger users may barely say ISP at all; they say they have Wi-Fi or the internet, and the company stays in the background until the line dies.

In everyday talk日常口語裡 people also say internet company人們也會說 internet company（網路公司）, or or in Taiwan they simply name the firm on the bill在台灣則常常直接說電信公司的名字。Though actually不過其實，younger users年輕使用者 may barely say ISP at all可能幾乎不會說 ISP 這個字；they say they have Wi-Fi or the internet他們會說自己有 Wi-Fi 或有網路, and而 the company stays in the background until the line dies那家公司平常都在幕後，直到網路斷線才會被想起。

The letters name the firm that provides the pipe. They do not name the little box in your house, and they are not an IP address, which is a number given to a device on the network.

The letters這幾個字母 name the firm that provides the pipe指的是提供這條「管線」的公司。They它們 do not name the little box in your house不是指你家裡那個小盒子（分享器）, and而且 they are not an IP address也不是 IP 位址, which is a number given to a device on the network那是分配給網路上每台裝置的一組號碼。

One company can be your phone firm and your ISP at the same time; that does not make the two words the same thing.

One company一家公司 can be your phone firm and your ISP at the same time可以同時是你的電信公司，也是你的 ISP；that那 does not make the two words the same thing並不代表這兩個詞是同一件事。