Argh, I'll bet you're going to be right. I'm on AT&T broadband. I'm running two PC's through a Netgear router if that helps anything stay static. IIRC, even if I never turn the PC off, things still get changed on the fly?

Any chance of just running e-mail from it?

Right now I pay about $10 a month for hosting with an e-mail address.

I've really never used Linux (sorry everyone), it could be worth a shot, if the cable company will allow me to work it this way. Hmm, I think maybe I'm also looking for a tutorial / book about the whole darn subject...