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Thanks again Swimmer, I do have Lavasoft on both of my machines and run it on a regular basis but, I will download this one and see what happens. Looks like I won't be home for at least another 6 days or so but, when I do get home I will see if it makes a difference on my desktop. Anyway, when I do get home I will be posting another question concerning my router and it leaving ports open, maybe someone can answer this one, seems the MFG claims they are closed and when I run port scans they come up open. I can't remember all of them right now and that is why I am going to wait. Again, thanks for your help.

Thanks again Swimmer, I do have Lavasoft on both of my machines and run it on a regular basis but, I will download this one and see what happens. Looks like I won't be home for at least another 6 days or so but, when I do get home I will see if it makes a difference on my desktop. Anyway, when I do get home I will be posting another question concerning my router and it leaving ports open, maybe someone can answer this one, seems the MFG claims they are closed and when I run port scans they come up open. I can't remember all of them right now and that is why I am going to wait. Again, thanks for your help.

Swimmer, thanks for the info. I think for now I will just leave well enough alone. You are probably right, I won't see much difference and if it is within the normal range for speed I can live with it. I keep reminding myself that I am on the Internet in the middle of know where, that and I can connect anywhere I have a cell signal. Thanks, yes it is a cool way to connect. As far as home goes, I have my old desktop tweaked and it does okay, my cable company has dropped my speeds in the last year or so. I remember when I first started with them I would get in the 2 and 3 thousand range, now if I get 1000 I feel it is a good day. Most time I get about 700. That's in the Sat. range and I have asked them about this and they really don't offer an answer. Anyway, I appreciate your time, info about the cell phone connection has been hard to find, I guess there are not a lot of folks using this kind of connection.

I have two methods of connecting to the Internet, at home I have cable, on the road and in my camper I use my cell phone through Verizon wireless. I have been wondering is there a way to tweak my laptop for both with out going through a lot of trouble. Is there a happy medium or should I just leave it alone. Oh, guess I should mention my speeds with the cell phone, which usually are between 100kb and 130kb, is this normal? Reason I ask is because I have only been using the cell phone for about 4 months or so.Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.