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Thank for your input Kyle,
--to answer your question:
as for firewalls I recommend ZoneAlarm 2.0. It works great. It allows you
choose which programs to allow acces to the internet or you can block all
internet traffic all to gether.
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Now I recently got a cable modem. Our provider (Armstrong Cable, Zoom
Internet--YES there are other providers out there other than @Home ) finally
got them out this month!!! I don't see their being any bandwith to be taken
up. They've been upgrading their lines over the past year and a half and
running fiber optic to the more distant areas. And Most of the people in
my neigbor hood don't own a computer, and if they did I would only recommend
it if they did do gaming and were heavy downloaders (mp3's and the like).
As for the Gigabit modems I do agree it would have to be along the lines of
a Digital Connection and like xDSL would work only within a certain
distance. I sent the auther of the article and E-mail hopefully she'll shed
some light on this subject.
--Patrick Black
> One thing that does need to be talked about is firewalls. Can anyone
bring
> any good experience to the table on this issue. I have been dinking with
> them, but need to know which ones are recommended, what kinds of
> restrictions are good, etc. I wouldn't dare use a cable modem or DSL
> without a firewall in place.
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