Position specifying system, information collecting system, internet connecting system, and method of the same, and storage medium storing therein program thereof

Abstract

An internet connecting system enables internet connection to be implemented simply. The user starts present system when the user connects a client computer to an internet. The client computer makes a telephone call to a server of a provider. The side of the server judges whether telephone number can be acquired on the occasion of the reception. When the telephone number can not be acquired, it causes the client computer to be informed that the telephone number is non-informed. The client computer side who receives this information performs re-dial to the server with the telephone number added '186' thereto at the head of the server's telephone number. When the telephone number can be acquired, it causes the nearest access point to the client computer to be selected from an access point table according to the telephone number, before informing the client computer about the access point. The client computer makes a telephone call to the access point.