8 Jul
1999
8 Jul
'99
2:08 p.m.
Hey Hans:
We're grossly off topic here and I don't want to upset any of the classiccmp
folks (again), but here's my reply:
In a message dated 7/8/99 5:09:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de writes:
I live in Central Florida. To be honest I don't know what protective devices
the local phone company has. We do have old fashioned telephone poles. :>)
I do know this:
---> Central Florida is the lightning capitol of the world -- we get more
than anywhere else. :>(
---> July is peak lightning season.
--> Every summer from June to August, for the last seven years, we have sold
a huge (for us) number of modems, usually installing them in PCs which
contain burned-out modems.
--> I checked our files, and we have replaced more bad modems than any other
PC component.
Perhaps my logic is faulty so help me out here -- what would you conclude,
given the above data? Any suggestions as to what else might be killing all
these modems?
Regards,
Glen Goodwin
0/0
Not to doubt
your word, but as owner of a small PC repair shop, my
experience
(and records) would suggest that the following
components have a higher
failure rate than power supplies or their fans. In order from highest
failure rate:
1) modems -- extremely susceptible to spikes --
our most common repair
Modemfailure due spikes ? Just out of couriosity - do you still
have telegraph like overhead single wire telephone connections
and no protective devices in your area ? (Thats just the only
way I can imagine to become the modems into #1 failing devices)