Reality is another matter.
High-speed Internet access has faced some significant growing pains in the past few months and these issues don't look to be disappearing. The cable offering was followed by Look Communications Inc.'s wireless Internet service, which ran into financing and logistics problems and has been pared while the company waits for a technology shift. And of course there was Bell Canada and its Sympatico DSL service. Though their problems have been different, the high-speed Internet services have been plagued by broken promises and missed opportunities. After that my Rogers connection dies and I have to power down, wait 30 to 60 minutes, then try again.