Which USB Modem?

Ben Elliston bje at redhat.com
Tue Dec 17 10:56:59 EST 2002


>>>>> "Conrad" == Conrad Canterford <conrad=t/IpRv4q1pgKz8BOEJgi+jSf8X3wrgjD at public.gmane.org> writes:

  Conrad> Have you considered getting a filter to spare the lives of
  Conrad> all these poor, innocent modems? You certainly used to be
  Conrad> able to get line filters that had both mains and telephone
  Conrad> line filtering (they were designed for fax machines). I
  Conrad> presume they're still out there.

Dick Smith and others sell them.  I believe they use gas arrestors for
protection of the phone line, so they can continue to be used after a
spike.

Ben





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