Although it has taken longer than most experts anticipated 10 years ago, broadband Internet access has finally become mainstream, with most businesses and many consumers utilizing some type of high-speed connection.

If you are a sole practitioner who is still using dialup to access the Internet, you are wasting your own � and your clients’ � time and money. Broadband Internet connections provide you exponentially quicker access to online legal research and e-mail, allowing you to service and communicate with your clients more easily and rapidly, and can put you on a level playing field with the larger firms with bigger resources.