DA had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...ic-233871-.htm
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mm wrote:


I've been using an external modem** and last night 2 or 3 times I got
connection speeds of 4800. Not 48,000 but 4800! I think my first
modem was 4800.

Today I couldn't connect at all. It said no modem. I turned it off***
and turned it back on. No good.

Turned it off from 90 minutes, and it worked again. Got to wonder
what will happen tomorrow.


***I should have been turning it off when I turned off the computer.
I could have plugged it into the UPS even, but after a few days I just
started leaving it on, for months.

**because for some reason I couldn't get two internal modems to work,
one that had been working the previous day on another mobo and one
that was new.

I don't have another external modem and don't want to buy one when I
have 3 internal modems. Maybe I can get one of them to work.

Since you've mentioned a UPS:

Those usually have modem surge protectors nowadays. If you had yours
plugged into a surge protector, remove that and plug it into the phone
line directly. Surge protectors can interfere with latest high speed modem
protocols.

Well, that said, however, it would be wise to disconnect your modem during
thunderstorms if you bypass a surge protector.

D~
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