RE: 14.2 kbps? Grrrrr.... I NEED CABLE!

[Miller Tyme]

 ab diver
We have cable, part of a package with the TV cable. Don t know the tech end, so don t ask me modem speeds, etc. I barely know how to reboot![]
 Just got the puter back from repair shop. The mother board was shot, and Gateway would nt cover it under warranty. It was a remanufacture, and went out a month after the one-year warranty ran out. Gateway wanted $450+, so a local PC repair shop did it for $260.[8D]

[rednekrubbrduck]

 Miller Tyme

 

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 Just got the puter back from repair shop. The mother board was shot, and Gateway would nt cover it under warranty. It was a remanufacture, and went out a month after the one-year warranty ran out.

 
 How convienent.  Funny how things break down right after the warrenty runs out.

[popupcop]

 Ab Diver
I have had cable internet for about a year.  It is fast-fast-fast!
 Go with the Norton Firewall.  The free stuff is good (I have used it) but Norton is better. It is one of the main brands used by large corporations and the software often comes packaged with some other stuff so it is not all that expensive.  You will be surprised how many hits you take from others computers once you do load Norton Firewall.

[Firefyter-Emt]

 Ab Diver
Trust me.. DO NOT run Zone Alarm.. it is almost impossiable to get off your system.. It is like AOL.. (Just ask the cable Co. about it..) I had it and it was giving me problems with my conncetion and after a week it was traced down to that.. So I spend about 3 hours of hard work getting it off my computer. Now skip foward to my new job.. a computer programer/store tries for 2 weeks to get my computer to run with our server.. Nope, something blocking it.. We ended up dumping the whole computer and reloading Win 2k into it.. Look into a diffrent firewall. (Norton or Black ice)
 
 Bet seriously, High speed is amazing, I mean 14.4k we scoff at that!! I could lose 100k and never notice it~ Dude, go with it..