Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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The local library wouldn't let me access any news server when my
phone service was out. I couldn't access Google Groups so my guess
is that they had already had some fool abuse them, and blocked the
IP addresses.

I have a prepaid cellular modem as a backup. It's usually available
during an electricity outage and costs nothing when not enabled.

It has lower system priority than voice calls and isn't always faster
overall than my dialup because it halts completely at peak call times
such as around 9AM. Off-peak it's 10 - 20 times faster, almost enough
to keep up with Youtube.


Cell service sucks around here. Too many users, and the NIMBYs raise
hell about building more towers. I use a Magic Jack 2014 that plugs into
my router. That takes care of a clean phone line, when Brighthouse
isn't asleep at the switch, or busy downgrading quality.

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Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.