# BEHOLD! The AWESOME power of my CABLE modem! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767 "2003-08-12T23:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767/21 "2003-08-14T00:32:39Z")
That’s well and good, but I have the time to wait an extra 5-10 seconds. 😃 I just got mine maybe two weeks ago. It’s like falling into a vat of chocolate! Critical updates are no longer a hassle, [http://download.com](http://download.com) is a fun place to be, and videos are there like that _snap_. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767/22 "2003-08-14T03:36:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Bird \* > \*\*That’s a good idea, but I am so broke. Can you recommend a good, inexpensive firewall? \*\* I highly recommend the free version of Zone Alarm. I have used it on Windows 98 as well as XP. They have versions with more bells and whistles for sale but the free version has taken care of all my needs for several years now and I have yet to have a single problem with it. ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767/23 "2003-08-14T06:12:14Z")
There’s always online games to play. **Quake III** has a good demo and there’s the mods for **half-life** too. File sharing programs are much, much better with a cable. Hmm… that’s all I can really think of. Oh yes, all the free porn you can find. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LifeInHIM86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@LifeInHIM86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeInHIM86)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767/24 "2003-08-14T06:20:58Z")
I cannot wait until I get to college where I will be freed from the shackles of dialup (and the… insert name of other torturous device here… of AOHell!) too bad no P2P allowed ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767/25 "2003-08-24T19:51:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fern Forest \* > **You can watch [Edward the Less](http://www.scifi.com/edwardtheless/), all 13 episodes. it’s several years old but still pretty funny. It’s by the MST3K guys.** Better yet, you can watch [MST3K](http://www.dapcentral.org/index.php) itself! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767/26 "2003-08-25T04:01:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if6was9 \* > \*\*I don’t mean this as a hijack (altho it is…) If I have two computers on a wireless network, to share one internet connection, does the hub act as a firewall? \*\* As I understand it, hubs don’t. Most router/switch type things, like the Linksys BEFSR41 which I use, do. I could be wrong, and YMMV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behold-the-awesome-power-of-my-cable-modem/194767.md?page=1)