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Message ID: 1971
Date: Tue Dec 11 16:43:32 GMT 2001
Author: Amy Williams
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] more troubleshooting for slow connections
>From: "Su" <suceress@...>_________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
>To: <EverQuest@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [EverQuest] more troubleshooting for slow connections
>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:21:25 -0600
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>I forgot something..
>Check your cables/phone lines for kinks or damage. a simple kink or crushed
>point can ruin your connection. Also clean your phone jacks but do not use
>water. :-)
>Sometimes just pulling out the phone line and plugging it back in to the
>jack can help improve the connection.
>I personally went to the trouble of getting special phone cords just for
>modems. They were about $12 for 15 feet of cable. They really helped my
>connection. They are much thicker than normal phone cords. There are also
>some cords that have special coating to sheild them from electrical
>discharge. Oh, magnets can screw up connections too. Anything with
>electrical or magnetic (or both) fields can disrupt internet connections.
>Radios, speakers, and fans are common culprits. Even phones have magnetism.
>That is why you should never ever ever set your phone down on a floppy disk
>unless you want the disk erased.
>Ok, I'll shut up for real now.
>luv,
>-Su
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