Abstract: Provided is a socket including a socket body and a jack, wherein a network communication module is arranged inside the socket body; and the network communication module is connected with a mains line; and the network communication module is configured to provide a user with transmission of a network signal of the Internet through the mains line. The network communication module is arranged inside the socket body to provide the user with transmission of the network signal of the Internet through the mains line, so that the function to access the Internet through the mains line by means of the socket is enabled, to thereby address the problems of one of limited jack locations occupied, a part of an indoor space occupied and some of resources wasted for a wall-plugged power modem.