At 10:18 PM -0800 on 12/11/05, Jane wrote: >[Gil wrote] > >>If you leave your computer on all the time and connected to >>the internet thru a phone line, than a friend can check your >>computer address while at your home. >I use a cable modem. My Mac is on all the time, but not >connected to the net. So, you have a Motorola Surfboard, you turn your modem off, or what? -- T.T.