-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking surge protector

  • From: "Angela Cooke" <angela.cooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:06:00 +0100

Thanks for that modem disconnection tip Sue ~ that I hadn't really thought of.
BTW where in the remote wilderness are you, if it's not too personal a question?

Ange 


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sue 
  To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:45 AM
  Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking surge protector


   nope robert..I am on dialup .......................unfortuntately for a
        while longer...(:..i unplug the computer because of storms..its still
        rcommended even with a surge protector (: as for sat service.. wish I 
could
        afford..thats dearer for me than broadband(: lol! (and as I live in the
        remote wilderness so far as the UK telephone exchange is concerned..) 
we are
        advised in case of storms to unplug computers from the modem..in fact my
        step-nephew's modem was fried during a storm..whether he had a surge
        protector i am not sure..but i have heard even with one..you are still 
best
        unplugging the computer from the moden..?
        ----- Original Message -----
        From: "Robert Carneal" <carnealr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
        To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:56 AM
        Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking surge protector
         
         
        > I am not sure if you are asking me, or asking Chris. But if you are 
asking
        > me, here it is.
        >
        > He has a sat service instead of the dial up modem. He also has a 
network
        > hub. The sat modem is plugged into the hub.
        >
        > Occasionally, he is asked to unplug the power to the network and the 
sat
        > modem. For us, that is simple. For him, it requires finding someone 
who
        has
        > the time to come over to his house, and unplug those items for him. 
Then,
        > while it is unplugged, the company does a series of "resets" (whatever
        > those are!), and about two minutes later he is told plug everything 
back
        in
        > within the next 30 seconds. At that speed, he just can't accomplish 
that.
        >
        > So I was trying to help out. I thought if he could cut power to those
        items
        > without bending over or getting under the desk, that would be the 
same as
        > unplugging it and he would have to feel bad about calling several 
people
        > until he finds someone who can come over at that time.
        >
        > Robert
        >
        > At 07:41 PM 9/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
        > >In a message dated 9/7/03 5:33:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
        > >christrueman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
        > >
        > > > i dont have a remote control but i have a surge protector that 
sits at
        eye
        > > > level if you chose it to ..so i dont have to bend/stoop to unplug 
it
        :))
        > > >
        > > >
        > >
        > >Why would you unplug it?
        >
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