If you wait for a bit, you'll find that future shop will soon be running their "free" Linksys router promo again... You pay GST & PST (there's alway= s a tax) on the puchase with an instore and mfg reabte that is equal to the cost...; around 69.00. >> Yes Paul, most charge $30 to $35 a month. Modems cost from $75 to $100. >> No extra charges for more than one computer, you just need a router. I >> have a DSL modem for sale, an Ascend Pipeline $90 & a Linksys Etherfast >> Cable/DSL Router $25. >=20 > You can also get DSL modems + ethernet routers all-in-one for next to > nothing. I picked up a four port router + DSL modem for =A340 (~$95) last > year. I imagine you can get the same modem in the more competitive comput= er > stores in London and T.O. (not the Futureslops or Mostly Macs I suspect ;= ). > The software interface is the same as a modem that I got with Toronto > FreeNet last May for $175... I haven't bothered to figure out if the > hardware is the same or if they simply bought the interface off the same > supplier. This modem/router is also half the size of that modem. >=20 > Eric. >=20 > PS What's the price for generic CDs bought at the cheap computer places (= or > even Futureslop)? The reason I'm asking is that around here I've seen 100 > CD-Rs for =A313 (~$30) and I'm wondering if I should bring some back (if CD= s > are cheaper here it'll be b/c of the "music" gouge fee that music gougers > (sorry, distributors) have managed to get put on blank CDs in Canada (kin= d > of strange that the Brits wouldn't do that since they have figured out wa= ys > to put taxes, levees or some other surcharge on _everything_)... I > guesstimate that I'm entitled to 2-3 CD copies/year AT THE VERY LEAST giv= en > the amount of my money that goes into their pockets (what was it, > $0.20/CDR?) (I'm paying musicians for the privilege of backing up my own > documents or creating data CDs???...). >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Free yourself from those irritating pop-up ads with MSn Premium. Get 2mon= ths > FREE* =20 > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=3Den-ca&page=3Dbyoa/prem&xAPID=3D1994&DI=3D1034&SU=3D= http: > //hotmail.com/enca&HL=3DMarket_MSNIS_Taglines >=20 > _________________________________________________ >=20 > For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on >=20 > http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html >=20 > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: >=20 > http://muglo.on.ca/ >=20 _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/