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Old 11-01-2005, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Botnst
I tried DSL but thsi ragged house has too many phone wires floating around the attic acting like a giant EMF antenna, I guess. Anyway, phone company said it was too noisy. So I have the appropriately named Cox Cable. When it is fast, it's really, really fast and when it is slow, it is still faster than 56K modem. Making me a Cox-sucker.
I had to run CAT-5 in my house....DSL modem wouldn't lock up at first....1963 house wiring sucks.........not a lick of trouble since I rant the cat-5 from the phone box outside.
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