Originally posted by All Creatures Great And Small
I'm just too cheap to pay extra for DSL, and I'm paranoid about broadband because it puts you on a "network" along the cable route.
And others who are "too cheap." I always thought the same way....until I got DSL at work. Now I would be more than willing to pay for it at home....if we could just get it! Once you have cable or DSL, you will hate dial-up if you ever have to go back. Trust me. As I said, I have DSL at work, and dial-up at home. I am very rarely on at home...well..first of all because Terry is on a lot...but mostly because I can't take it. It takes forever to get just one page of Pet Talk.

And I know with DSL, and I would think it would be the same with cable, most of the modems these days come with some sort of "firewall" protection. That way, even though you're "on" all the time, others can't "see" your computer or have access to it.

Broadband is definitely the way to go. I may be forced to settle for cable since it seems we'll never be able to get DSL.