Yes, Christmas Season will be a time of ,indoor ,at home leisure time. I'll probably get howls from care givers for that loose statement. But after the little ones are in and you want to idly surf. You'll find Christmas time bandwidths are tight at best, on dial ups. Not to be nasty ,but that means slow to internet illiterates. Wells yous got to start some where. Anywise getting back to the constricted bandwidth problem. I have a solution of sorts. Its kinda crude, not always effective and I'm not sure welcomed by the phone company . But if your in a fool hardy mood. You or an able bodied loved one could buy a length of bell wire. Enough to go from your outside phone entrance box to the wall in back of your computer. Attach the outside end to the wiring array in the box and the inside end to a phone jack. You may get better bandwidth to a noticeable degree. You may even find you don't get cut of as much. Of course there is no real scientific way of knowing if your connection is better, for conditions on the net change faster that the weather. The theory behind bell wire working better is that a heavier wire allows more data flow (a bigger conduit). You may stay on better simply , because of this better data flow rate. Your priority at your IP's server is kept high. For some reason propriety to who stays on is set by how good is your connection is. There is jeopardy though ,to this procedure. You may unhook your phones by accident or case a short that will take an expensive technicians call to figure out. Come to think of it maybe Christmas is not a good time to risk causing technical chaos in you home