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- From: bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Please HELP -Modem Problem From HELL!!
- Date: 8 Apr 1996 16:41:06 -0700
- Organization: loose ends again
- Message-ID: <4kc86i$7ca@ktb2.ktb.net>
- References: <4k1rir$5rm@nw002.infi.net> <eric-0604960005490001@sobt.ao.net>
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- >>Thanks for reading my posting. Hopefully you might have some answers for
- >>what has become the MODEM PROBLEM FROM HELL!!! The problem is that I am
- >>intermittently getting Disconnected... sometimes I'm connected to my ISP
- >>for 5 mins, sometimes 45 mins, but it always ends with me getting
- >>disconnected. Here's the vitals: I've tried a Motorola 28.8 Lifestyle
-
- >Find out what your ISP is using - maybe Sportsters which disconnect when
- >they heat up too much, especially if a bunch of them are close together
- >getting heat from being nearby each other in addition to generating more
- >(20V modems, jeez).
-
- Consider that the problem may just be the lousy phone lines between you
- and your provider, in combination with some esoteric modem
- characteristics.
-
- I mailed a longer explanation to the original poster, who unfortunately
- placed some hapless victim's name in the Reply-To header. I'm not going
- to write it out again. Maybe he *is* nuts.
-
- Bev bashley@ktb.net
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