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WMD:
Somehow I doubt the line noise is really taking out the kernel...at most, it's a bug in the modem driver.

Dialup really sucks anyway.  You can get DSL "Lite" (still like 4x faster) for $25.

Refalm:

--- Quote from: sean ---why don't you join the 21st century and go broadband? :rolleyes:
--- End quote ---

That just sounded like a BT Broadband commercial :D

H_TeXMeX_H:
Grey screen of death ... never heard of it ...

toadlife:

--- Quote from: WMD ---Somehow I doubt the line noise is really taking out the kernel...at most, it's a bug in the modem driver.
--- End quote ---

**GASP** Impossible! How could this happen when all drivers in UNIX OSs run in userland.


Oh wait...they don't, do they.

davidnix71:
There is less line noise lately. The grey screen hasn't come back. I have a usb to serial adapter and a hardware serial Hayes Accura, as well as a usb Zoom V.90 All had major problems with the line noise. The Hayes was the most stable. Oddly enough, the pc I used to have had a serial software USR modem that didnt care at all, no matter how bad the line got.

There is a new fiber optic line going under the road about 1/2 mile from here, so maybe they have been rerouting traffic to enable the upgrade.

I don't really need dsl speed at home. There are no true discounts for high speed here in south Florida. $21 a month gets unlimited dialup. The low end dsl is about $5 more, until you read the fine print. Going from dial up to dsl "may" require a $200 charge for the modem and a line upgrade. Since I'm only using 2 wires now, a service tech will have to come out to add two more.

If I need to d/l something large, I have two places I can go nearby for that. I just d/l'ed Open Office 2.0 for Mac (130 MB).

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