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echo: aust_modem
to: Brett Vaughan
from: Albert Alcoceba
date: 1996-09-24 00:57:06
subject: Re: Netcomm Roadster worth buying?

Hi Brett!

In Brett Vaughan's message to Albert Alcoceba on , Brett
Vaughan said:

 BV>> either.... UNLIKE my old Netcomm 28.8 M11F which was a piece of
 BV>> junk.

 AA>> What exactly was wrong with your Netcomm M11F?  I ran
 AA>> one for 2 years 24 hours a day on a very busy BBS...
 AA>> never had one bit of trouble.
 BV> It seems to me that I blew it up so to speak from leaving it plugged
 BV> in all the time through thunderstorms and the like, with no surge
 BV> protection. It used to scream and make a hell noise every third or
 BV> fourth time it was turned on. It just goes to show how some people can
 BV> have problems with certain equipment when others do not.

It's hardly the modem's fault if there is a power surge!  It's the users
fault for not adequately protecting the modem by having surge protectors on
both the power and phone lines.

Regards,

Albert

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