GE> I made Mom's work better by disconnecting and reconnecting the
 GE> phone wires in the outside box. Helps clean off any corrosion.
 GE> Could also be a bad inside socket or plug, or just a noisy line.
 GE> Newer modems can handle noise a lot better.

Another thing to do is disconnect everything else on the phone line
and see if it improves.

Paul Rogers, paulgrogers{at}yahoo.com                       -o)
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Rogers' Second Law: Everything you do communicates.     _\_V

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