-=> GREG EASTHOM wrote to JAMES BRADLEY <=-

 JB> Optima 288 V.FC? (Bring back some memories?) It only connects at
 GE> Hayes 28800 Optima
 GE> AT&FE0V0W1&C1&D2S95=47

Cheers!

 GE> Pick up the phone, dial a single digit, listen for noise.
 GE> Pops, crackles, or hums of any kind will create errors.

You'd be amazed by the "pops, crackles, or hums" our telco has delivered. I
once called next door, to the same structure of our duplexes, and dad's phone
didn't even *ring*! (Yes I redialed a few times.)

 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.

All good advice, but outside of my patience these days. (Bad hip.)

 GE> Newer modems can handle noise a lot better.

Ah... Something I didn't consider! I really don't care about the speed of the
connection, as long as it doesn't frap out half way through a transfer. Maybe I
will have to pull out a philips-head screw-driver yet. 


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