On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 05:24 PM, Charles Martin wrote: > I personally don't find my cable modem (Roadrunner) bill (about > $45/month) to be any larger than the cost of a second phone line > (about $30 where I am) plus the cost of an ISP (about $20/month). In > exchange for the same amount of cash each month, I get 30 times faster > delivery (up AND down) average speed with always-on connection and > vastly more reliability. There is also an option of locating a local cafe or store that offers wifi connection, I found one near me that offers SurfNSip connections for $20 a month or something like $5 for a few hours. That 50 Meg update only takes me a few minutes over wifi but would take 3 hours to 6 hours on my dialup line. --- My Presidential Campaign Begins: My first proposal is that a personal computer remains just that, personal, and that no company or person has any right to place, without informed permission, any software on that which would infringe on its security or privacy. Jack Rodgers Email: jackrodgers at earthlink.net Web: www.jackrodgers.com iCal: coming soon iBlog: coming soon