Okay I know but it requires more work on the part of the user who generally isn't even sophisticated enough to install a an anti-virus program. I have heard of Cable users really getting the ole hack job! and not as often with DSL. The other issue I have is that the load on the network really doesn't provide the user with the speed that Cable providers make claims of. Also beware of providers who claim that a telephone line is qualified for DSL. I've been going round and round with Verizon DSL and the Central Office which serves the lines to my home. I've been trying for over a year to get DSL and I live in a highly populated area. Although all indications are that I should be able to obtain DSL on my telephone line, the communications between certain organizations for Verizon, who is also my employer haha! are basically out to lunch! I can get a small discount but I'm more than fed-up! If I find that another provider can bring DSL to the twisted pair here, I'll be shocked. But you may, through no fault of your own, be told your elligible when indeed your line is: too far from the C.O.; the line has load coils or other components or equipment which prevents Broadband signals; and anything else! imaginable to human kind. Amanda
