What about the Internet?

While the Internet has unlimited potential as a business, marketing and service tool, it has some disadvantages, including cost, complexity and security. While the advantages of a marketing presence on the Internet outweigh the costs, using it as a method of sending and receiving important corporate data creates security issues. Communications over a public network pose security risks greater than the benefits. Modem-to-modem connections pose fewer security risks. As with networking, maintaining an Internet connection usually requires a trained system administrator.