Reader Peter wrote me about his cable Internet access:

Well, I finally made the jump to cable broadband (after some very good help from all you people). Everything works great, and I’ll never go back to dial-up. I do have one question, though.

After I turn off the computer for the night, should I also turn off the power to the modem and to the router? I’ve had them for almost a week now and haven’t turned them off. On the same note, should they be turned off if I’m gone for an extended period of time, say a weekend or a whole week?

Thank you.

Peter

I wrote back to Peter to tell him that I don’t ever turn my router off — even if I go on vacation. However, I’ll usually turn my computers off then.

When you turn off your cable modem…

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