InstantForum.NET v4.1.3broadband-help.com - Forumshttp://www.broadband-help.com/forums/noreply@broadband-help.comFri, 21 Nov 2008 22:44:03 GMT20http://www.broadband-help.com/forums/Topic748-14-1.aspxDoes anyone have any experience with using these to maintain their connection? I was thinking it would be worthwhile, especially for VOIP usage, as if your power goes out, then you also lose your phone service.<br><br>Any recommendations would be appreciated. I probably am not looking for a long-term generator, I am more interested in surviving the shorter outages.<br><br>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:16:59 GMTravenhttp://www.broadband-help.com/forums/Topic726-14-1.aspxI think most services and providers either sell you or provide you with a modem to work with their particular service. That being said you can still find stand-alone modems out there for a lot of different services, and many router/adsl modem combos out there that work with specific services like BT.<br><br>Is there any benefit for not using the standard modem that comes from your provider?<br>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:58:20 GMTstigshttp://www.broadband-help.com/forums/Topic456-14-1.aspxThere are a lot of firewalls out there and I have tried out most of them. (Software firewalls that is.) Currently I am fighting with Norton Firewall. The problem I have with any Norton products is they are extremely bloated and tend to eat up memory and slow down my computer.<br><br>So has anyone found a nice software firewall that does not eat up memory and slow down their pc?<br><br>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:13:16 GMTStitch