Scott McNay wrote: > Hi George, > > Saturday, June 17, 2006, 8:39:06 AM, you wrote: > > G> This shows how little I know about wireless technology. I thought > G> one had to have a wireless router to have a wireless network. > > He has wireless internet, not a wireless network. Different animal, > but I don't know how different. The frequency range is probably quite > different, since the tower is probably a mile or so away. It's the > responsibility of the provider to ensure that everything is secure. > > Believe it or not, they put the tower on top of a grain elevator which is behind my house. It is only around 1000 yards away. 8-) If any is wondering it is $30 a month for 1.5 up and down and no bandwidth limits that I have found. The cable company charge $35 for a 128K connection with a 5 gig limit. I download 5 gigs in one download. Pc -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.