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by tdrinane on Wed Oct 13, 2004 at 09:29:25 AM PDT

As they say, YMMV.  Personally, I like to reduce paper, so I like paying bills on line.  I've had a couple of things go wrong - usually due to my error (failing to track a new account number issued by a company I was paying, for example).  I like having calendars on line at work - makes scheduling time with people much easier.  So I don't have to keep printing my calendar (it can change several times in one day), a PDA has been a real help.   I just synch it once at the end of each day.  Other things are less to my taste.  I still get paper statements from my bank & creditors, even though I have web accounts with most of them.  It's just easier to do things like balance my checking account with a piece of paper in my hand.  OTOH, I stopped my retirement account statement from being mailed & now just look at it on line each quarter.  With the recent performance of most of these accounts, it's better not to have it in print anyway.

BTW, I certainly second the comments about dial in being no protection against viruses.  The first virus I personally encountered at home was a Word macro virus on my Mac (yes, dears, it is possible) brought home by my kids, from school, on a floppy.

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