Thread: Slow slow modem
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Old 09-16-2003, 10:21 AM   #10
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Might be the actual Phone Line itself. Water in the lines after stormy periods can cause problems. I have a box on the outside of my house and the phone line from the house has a little jack that plugs into the part that only the Phone company are suppose to open. Sometimes if I just pulled it out and pushed it in it started working better. I think corrosion was building up on the contacts. It would get so bad that the connection would not disconnect from the modem. Of course the phone company is only responsible for the wiring outside of the house.
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