to connect (or be connected) to a network; to network

One of the major Internet search engines states that ‘Fast is better than slow’.

In some rural areas, the Internet is important for agricultural information, as well as being particularly useful for the purposes of agricultural production technologies and pricing.

The Internet is an invaluable source of information.

Young people and migrant workers are the bulk of rural Internet users; in terms of online music, online games, online film and television, and the Internet's capacity for entertainment, rural Internet users are equivalent to urban ones.

As figures from the National Development and Reform Committee show, the Internet has developed rapidly in rural China.