Broadband wooot!!!
supposedly 1.5mbps! my dial up was running at 28kbps for the last 6 months, so the differance is huge
For those that do not know about my long running battle with the telco's in Australia to have broadband fitted to our house I will not bore you with the ALL the details, but even when I was having this new house constructed they refused to put optic cable or anything other than a 1900's era copper line to my house no matter how much I offered to pay. The time wasted by me and Carolyn since then trying to get a broadband connection was like banging our heads against a wall ... Still here we are at last.
So what now?
How should I protect my computer / firewall for broadband? I have norton but I guess it is set up for dial up do I need to alter settings? Having the connection on 24/7 is a bit disturbing should I keep it turned off?
How do I check my speed?
The modem is connected to the computer via the USB port, is the ethernet port any faster?