Amanda, maybe Excite at home is providing you with a good thing, and that is by putting up such an obstacle, you have the perfect reason to tell them where to put it! After all, one can not be to careful when telecommuting. We all have heard horror stories of security breaches with people using cable access, and perhaps Excite at home is doing a little CYA. Where I work, the security is very tight, and so far, if you want to telecommute, you need to sign away everything including your first 2 born, before you are considered for access. Steve Dawes PH: (403) 268-5527. Mailto: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca Thank you for your attention and co-operation. -----Original Message----- From: Amanda Lee [mailto:amanda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 2001 November 19 3:53 PM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Cable Modem Okay good enough. I was a little suspicious when he offered to rent us a second "static IP" for an additional $6.95 per month. Go figure! A little mixing of terminology to obscure the real truth. Another complaint I have about excite at home is that they won't allow you to use it for telecommuting and I find that to be an accessibility issue especially for those who are persons with disabilities because we all pay for our own broadband service no matter what we use it for. But that's not an issue we need to discuss here. DSL providers don't care or seem to want to prevent you from using your broadband connection for accessing your employer's network. Amanda Lee _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
