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Re: I think my modems fried! opinions wanted....
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Date: 
Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:35:10 GMT
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Thomas D Fulk Jr <tfulkjr@mail.idt.net> wrote:
>      Would it be possible the modem is damaged but not so that it is
> completely dead but just will not connect at high speeds anymore?  Or
> could the phone lines be a mess from the storm (there was some serious
> wind too) and this old dinosaur modem is capable of handling the noisy
> lines better?

Those are both possible.

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  Re: I think my modems fried! opinions wanted....
 
(...) To folowup, and maybe help someone else... It was indeed a fried modem. My original modem is on the way back to 3com, and I'm temporarily using a cheap PCI internal modem. Thomas (26 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  I think my modems fried! opinions wanted....
 
Maybe someone can help me decide what to do.... Here's what happened. Today I was online and one of those quick thunder/lightning storms came up. I saw a flash of lightning so bright it almost blinded me through the blinds, and a crack of thunder (...) (26 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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