On 03/27/2003, Ryan Coleman wrote: >Side note on that: >Early in my official running of my hosting business Minneapolis (and the >Twin >Cities) were hit by 5 freak thunder storms in one week. This was in July of >last year. It fried out 95% of my cable modem, and was only leasing me two >IPs. However I was still running online without much of a problem. This is >usually the worst thing that happens. But if I were you, I would keep a tech >there, or on the phone if you are doing the install yourself, to make sure >that your modem is downloading at the right speed. Most ISPs (like >RoadRunner) have a 10MB text file for you to download to check your speeds >out.
FWIW, I'm looking at a personal/home use of cable DSL - any tech on site will have to be me. We haven't had much of any strong storms in this part of Missouri in a long while. Don't know if it really makes a difference, but the phone lines come into my apartment building underground. So I delude myself into saying 'any storm strikes will ground out before they get into our building (unless they strike right outside my apt. building).' Like I said, the things we tell ourselves... So maybe from what you're saying, Ryan, I may need to set back some savings for a replacement cable modem just in case, huh? Jim Rohde -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
