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I had asked the question about setting up a small network in the home,
and having several internet terminals.  It was suggested that I try
"winproxy" because it would allow me to access HTTP, NNTP, POP etc. from
all the machines.

Today I spoke with the local cable company about their new cable modem
access, and they seemed to think that it could never be done from more
than one computer without putting multiple cable modems in.  (at which
point they would consider it a "business" and adjust my bill
accordingly.)  This brings up a few more questions:

1.  Apparently they install an external modem-like device, which
connects to an internal network card in the PC.  If I wanted to use this
PC as a server, would I have any conflict from putting another network
card in the machine, for access to the rest of the computers?

2.  They told me that only one computer at a time would be able to make
use of the internet connection, but when I went to www.winproxy.com and
read the overview, it suggested that winproxy will transcend this.  I'm
interested in hearing from anyone who is already running this software,
for your thoughts on this.

Cost-wise, the cable modem seems economical, when you consider the
monthly ISP charges, plus the charges for maintaining a second line,
plus the costs of the actual calls to the ISP.  Plus the fact that it's
much faster.