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Anybody ever get told by the phone company that the computer modem
killed the phone line? A friend of mine was just told that,
Personnally I thinks it's a load of ******.


Gary

"Gary" <havinfun69(nospam)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Anybody ever get told by the phone company that the computer modem
> killed the phone line? A friend of mine was just told that,
> Personnally I thinks it's a load of ******.

How did they say the modem destroyed a phone line? I suppose anything is
possible given some bizzare electrical conditions, but I'm sure they were
blowing smoke up his ass.

modem killing a phone line? Thats a new one on me

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:12:51 GMT, Gary <havinfun69(nospam)@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Anybody ever get told by the phone company that the computer modem
>killed the phone line? A friend of mine was just told that,
>Personnally I thinks it's a load of ******.

I heard from a phone lineman that DSL boosters can cause some
problems. Another lineman a few months ago told me a lightning strike
can also ruin a phone line, usually in the immediate vicinity of the
house.

When I was having a second line installed into the house by Sprint, I
had to get the technician to come out *THREE TIMES*. The first time
he said there was a "problem at the switchboard" and he'd take care of
it. Two weeks later the hum got so bad that another lineman was
called out. He said he "fixed the problem". A week later the hum
came back and the modem went down AGAIN (this is a dial-up line...too
far out in the middle of nowhere for DSL, and the cable co wants an
arm & leg for one-way, highly-unreliable 600 / 33.6 cable-modem).

The THIRD time I got TWO phone linemen out here in a February ice
storm. They FINALLY called someone at the switchboard, he switched a
line over, and everything worked properly. What a pain in the ass.
No wonder so many people are switching to wireless (even though the
bills are $100+ / month higher). Oh well, at least it makes the
land-lines more affordable ($15 / month).

Dan

"Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
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>I don't think that you understand what wireless is.

I think he was referring to cell over landline phones,which is what he
states at the end of his post,do to the incompetence of the phone companies.

"Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
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> I don't think that you understand what wireless is. Wireless, as the
> term is commonly used, is only from a "base station" WITHIN your house,
> with a range of 50 to perhaps 200 feet. It itself connects to a WIRED
> internet, and provides service to other computers within your house
> (only, normally). It in no way eliminates the need for an analog, DSL,
> satellite or cable modem internet provider.
>
> There is "cellular internet" but that's not what people normally mean
> when they talk about "wireless internet".
We're working on "wireless internet" in the town that I work in. We've got
our first antenna up and we're broadcasting a full 1/2 mile radius around
our office. We want to cover the entire town eventually and the surrounding
areas.
The new Wimax standard and equipment are probably going to make our lives
much easier also.

AG



>
>
> >
> > No wonder so many people are switching to wireless (even though the
> > bills are $100+ / month higher). Oh well, at least it makes the
> > land-lines more affordable ($15 / month).
> >
> > Dan
> >

"Gary" <havinfun69(nospam)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:...
> Anybody ever get told by the phone company that the computer modem
> killed the phone line? A friend of mine was just told that,
> Personnally I thinks it's a load of ******.
>
>
> Gary

I have seen a modem with a bent wire shorting out a phone line. I guess you
could say that the modem "killed" the phone line in that case but as soon as
it was unplugged the line went back to normal.
The modem was bad, I'm not sure what exactly caused the problem as I just
replaced it.
AG

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:48:16 -0400, "me" <> wrote:

>modem killing a phone line? Thats a new one on me
>

An excuse or weird theory from a telephone company rep isn't, though.

Tom

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:27:11 -0500, "AG" <> wrote:

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>"Gary" <havinfun69(nospam)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Anybody ever get told by the phone company that the computer modem
>> killed the phone line? A friend of mine was just told that,
>> Personnally I thinks it's a load of ******.
>>
>>
>> Gary
>
>I have seen a modem with a bent wire shorting out a phone line. I guess you
>could say that the modem "killed" the phone line in that case but as soon as
>it was unplugged the line went back to normal.
>The modem was bad, I'm not sure what exactly caused the problem as I just
>replaced it.

>AG

Thanks for all the great input on this issue.

Gary
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