-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking surge protector
- From: "sue" <christrueman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:34:08 +0100
i live in Staffs ..outside Leek...Leek is on broadband, but because we are
on a different exchange ....we're considered to be in the remote wilderness!
LOL!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela Cooke" <angela.cooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 7:06 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking surge protector
> 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?
>
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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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