Oh no, don't set any savings. But you have to BUY your modem? That sucks. Mine was provided by TimeWarner for free and replaced within 30 minutes of the problem being confirmed.
But that's TimeWarnerCable. -- Ryan Coleman System Administrator LEMLists.com/CobWebPublishing http://www.lemlists.com/ -- This message was sent via the LEMLists.com WebMail service -- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: James Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-Books) Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:54:35 -0600 Subject: Re: Cable Modem question > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------- End of Original Message ------- -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
