Wifi/Edge/Security Questions

I got the Iphone recently and have had the WIFI option disabled because I thought there were security issues with that and figured that should be the 2nd option when Edge can't connect. But EDGE is soooo slow.
So from what I've read, I should have it try to connect to Wifi first, which I've just configured with my home wifi connection. I've entered the password and it works beautifully (and much faster). My question is how to handle the connection when outside my home. Should I keep it on Wifi? What about security issues when using a public wifi? What is the general rule of thumb for connecting this way...thx!

When connecting a laptop or device such as the iPhone to a public Wi-Fi access point - password protected or not, it is preferable to use an email account that supports using SSL for the incoming and outgoing mail servers but regardless, you should approach such a connection as if data sent and received can be intercepted by someone else accessing the same network.
You don't want to do any banking or financial transactions with Safari - even though these types of websites are secured and just assume any data received and sent via email can be intercepted and read. Don't be sending or receiving any sensitive data via email, etc.
Your Wi-Fi connection at home is secure or should be - at least WEP encrypted but using WPA2 is preferable since it is much more secure than WEP for a wireless network to prevent others from gaining access to your wireless network but even worse, access to data on computers or devices connected to your wireless network.

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