On 2017-08-31 08:47, Walter Dnes wrote: > > The "couple" was meant literally, i.e. typically 2 years until it > > breaks. I don't know for sure if it is the flash or something else. > > It's not a bad brand - I have had many different brands, nothing > > lasts much more than that. And I don't abuse them - in fact I > > pamper them :-) > > I've been using my SpeedTouch 546 ADSL router/modem ever since I > switched to my current ISP at the end of November 2007. It's 3 months > to the 10th anniversary. How is your local power system? I keep all > my gear (computer/monitor/modem) behind a UPS for a couple of > reasons...
The electrical installation here is definitely substandard, and this is one of the things I suspect. However ... > 1) To protect my gear against power surges/spikes/drops > 2) To protect against the rare occurence when power goes off for 1 or 2 > seconds I do the same. Or at least I did until last week, when the UPS died after more than a decade of perfect service. (Here, the outages are longer than 2 seconds; it's not often, but is very annoying when it happens, with the UPS square wave beeps.) -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet.
