Thursday, September 1, 2011

Re: [Simply Computers] Bad dial up connection

 

Hi Dorothy,

Thanks for the correction.

I have been off power since the hurricane and just got back on line.
Never got a chance to read the original message.

Fred

On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 17:01 -0400, Dorothy G wrote:
>
> Fred, I am not having that problem, I was sending a tip for Mollie who
> is
> having the problem.
> Thank You, though.
> Dorothy
>
> Hi Dorothy,
>
> I have had the same problem you currently have. It usually indicates a
> lot of moisture condensing on the jack. Putting a new jack a few feet
> higher than the first one may solve the problem.
>
> Fred
>
> >
> > I live in Florida and would like to suggest that Mollie check her
> > phone
> > jacks. I had a
> > problem one time with bad dial-up, and we had a friend that worked
> for
> > the
> > phone company. He came over and there was some corrosion in a couple
> > of our
> > jacks. He replaced a couple and used a brush to get the corrosion
> out
> > of
> > the phone jack.
> > Now, when I have static on any phone the first thing I do is check
> to
> > see if
> > any of the jacks have corrosion. I use a toothbrush now and haven't
> > had a
> > problem.
> >
> > Dorothy
> >
> > I would check your telephone junction box outside. Back when I had
> > dial
> > up mine would get worse whenever it rained because the box was
> leaky.
> > You may find some old corroded wires in there.
> >
> > Norm Higgs
> > http://forbiddenpc.com
> > http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com
> > http://www.power-blog.com/info/4365
> > http://freetrafficbar.com?r=74276
> >
> > On 2011-08-31 8:57 AM, Mollie wrote:
> > > Thats what i have been doing for a month John but reconnecting
> 20/30
> > times
> > > to get 49.3 has got old.
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>

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