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Thanks jake, I had an idea it was something like that, convincig the wife is another thing. She thinks we are going to end up in the poor house because whereas we used to turn everything off at the wall every night, I now think it's better to leave the modem and set top box "lit" and turn off T.V. and computer. It can't be good for a set top box or modem to tell them every night, Nah, we don't want it, and then a few hours later say, Oh yes, we do realy.