My husband appreciates the smooth viewing of video broadcasts and the ability to listen to radio stations on the other side of the planet. Just the other night we were listening to rock music from Moscow. For me, it s the ability to keep my e-mail running all the time, and never again have to deal with a busy signal. We had heard that only one computer on the network can user the modem at a time. All three of us have used the modem at the same time, with no ill effects and no noticeable degradation of service.
Firewall software is a complicated product that takes a while to figure out.
Until we got the hang of it, it effectively kept us from accessing each others computers on our network. The instructions themselves leave much to be desired. The log file shows that the connection makes it to the point of checking the password, at which time access is denied. The instructions for setting up Netscape Communicator to retrieve e-mail are equally vague. My traveling daughter therefore set up her Road Runner mail to automatically forward to her Yahoo address.