I don't think an electric fence could electrocute anyone. We run some nasty juice through our high tensile for the cows. My dog (37 lb.) decided to stick her nose to it just 2 days ago. She yelped pretty bad, and then ran back to the house w/ her tail between her legs and never once looked back. Quick lesson learned! I don't think I'd want my 16 month old to touch it, but we keep him WAY away from it. I'd just teach the kids that they are not to go near it and be very specific about what happens to them if they do. It doesn't feel real good. I HATE the sensation of being zapped. And trust me, I've only been zapped a dozen times or less. You learn to respect electricity very quickly. As someone else pointed out, all the fence chargers today are pulse chargers. They emit a zap every 2 seconds or so. Eliminated the "electrocution" aspect of the everything. Good luck... and post some pics of the water buffs when he gets them. I'm interested to see what they look like all out in a pasture. Erin

Well, let's hope Father Verizon, with the red hat and fur, treats you well this year! Do you have cable in your area that sells high-speed internet? I don't have DSL either - but 1/2 mile away in all directions they have it, so I got cable. My cable company claim 4MB download speed and I'm getting 3.86 consistently. Upload they claim 356 kbps and I do get that. You can check your true, vice claimed, connection speed on a website called Speakeasy.com My cable company is upgrading to 6MB in January. DSL claims 1.5MB so you might want to get a cable modem. They are faster, but it costs more. Worth it IMHO. My sister, who lives on a very rural horse farm, but is near Chapel Hill, NC has DSL on the farm (go figure). She also watches the Africam (and is hooked) on DSL and she gets freezing here and there, but not enough to make her not want to watch. Lately I've not gotten any freezing at all, but on the rare occasion when the site is extremely busy. CT

I only get a black screen with my link

I believe hippos are nocturnal as the only time I've seen them is at night and they are usually in the water too! The first time - (only the one camera at that time...) I thought they had brought a huge boulder and placed it in the pond - then it moved!!!! lol