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.