Yeah, I don't know what the particular deal is, but at this rate shelling out the extra dough for a better connection just makes sense. While costing more money, it would pay for itself just in the sheer amount of not-tinkering-with-the-computer time it would buy me. Not to mention the accompanying not-being-frustrated-over-not-being-able-to-do-simple-things. You know, I could save my energies for being frustrated over very complex things.