🚀 go-pugleaf

dl1@acpub.duke.edu (Dong-Ick Lee) wrote:
ught a new, faster 28800bps modem. Yesterday, I received this whole new
>package from Zoom Telephonics, and haven't opened it. I expected to receive a
>main unit only, because I returned the main unit only, without cable,
>software, and other stuff. But they sent me a whole NEW PACKAGE, which sells

I had a US Robotics modem fried by a t-storm a few years ago and had the
same experience.  I think it is just cheaper for them to toss in a whole new
modem rather than trying to repair an old one.  How much do those cards
really cost to manufacture, anyway?

This serves as another reminder to users: you are *much* more likely to
get a shock to your PC through the phone line than through the power
line.  Either get a surge protector that includes a phone line protector, or
unplug the phone line after each use (and defnintely unplug when tstorms
are around or when you leave town).
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