In contrast to my earlier post about web hosting, I have to give credit to TDS Metrocom, which not only is saving me money every month on my phone bill, but installed DSL service that has worked flawlessly since its installation some months ago. Sometimes technology works. Once you’ve gotten used to a persistent, fast Net connection, you’ll never go back to dialup. It’s so basic – would anyone put up with “logging in” to their cable television? (Not that that might be a pretty good idea, considering the amount of soul-draining television Americans watch in a given year.) But unlike TV, the internet allows people to interact, research and publish whatever they want. It’s the freedom and democracy technology.