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n8nxf
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response 50 of 211:
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Apr 17 18:32 UTC 1997 |
Humm. Just noticed that the 9671 modem seems to connect at 2400 baud...
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scott
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response 51 of 211:
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Apr 17 19:52 UTC 1997 |
...which is the expected thing for it to do, since we only have 2400 baud
lines into Grex for most of our modem pool.
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mcnally
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response 52 of 211:
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Apr 18 06:49 UTC 1997 |
as an added plus it seems to be much better about matching speeds with
my modem (or rather, my modem seems to be much better at matching speeds
with this one, since I suspect the problems are on my side.. Anyways, no
gibberish followed by frantic sending of breaks, etc..)
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cmcgee
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response 53 of 211:
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Apr 18 14:56 UTC 1997 |
I'm on it now. Seems to hammer out the letters rather than pour them
smoothly. but otherwise, works ok. Does seem slower than usual, though not
by much (I usually log in at 38.4).
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valerie
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response 54 of 211:
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Apr 18 17:01 UTC 1997 |
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mcnally
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response 55 of 211:
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Apr 18 20:50 UTC 1997 |
re #54: to 761-3000.. I don't believe I know what 761-5041 is.
I've been out of the loop for four or five years, I'm sure there've
been some changes I could stand to know about.
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albaugh
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response 56 of 211:
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Apr 18 21:07 UTC 1997 |
Could "Grex's talkd program is temporarily turned off." be expanded upon
a bit to say something like:
Grex's talkd program was turned off <date> because <reason>.
It will be turned back on <condition(s)>.
? "temporarily" has no meaning given how long that statement has been
in the motd.
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remmers
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response 57 of 211:
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Apr 18 22:33 UTC 1997 |
Re #55: 761-5041 is the entry point in the trunk hunt to the
fast error-correcting modems. Well, not hugely fast by modern
standards -- they're set at 9600 baud -- but better than 2400
and tend to connect to things more smoothly.
Type !phones for a listing of the trunk hunt.
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scg
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response 58 of 211:
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Apr 19 04:00 UTC 1997 |
Actually, ttyh3 is still in the hunt group, one one of the lines that was
unused before. The current entry point to the fast modems is 761-4931.
Is anybody actually talking to Ameritech about the dead phone line? This is
getting rediculous.
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tsty
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response 59 of 211:
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Apr 19 05:16 UTC 1997 |
is anyone talking to ameriwreck about centrex? this *is* past ridiculous.
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mcnally
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response 60 of 211:
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Apr 19 07:02 UTC 1997 |
Ameritech can't even provide my house with consistent dial-tone service --
often I'll pick up the phone during the day and get no tone. Hang up,
wait 10-15 minutes and then things are working again.. sigh..
Thanks for the pointers about 761-5041, it does indeed make a difference
and my connects are much improved.
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qt314
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response 61 of 211:
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Apr 19 11:31 UTC 1997 |
That is alright (well it isn't but....) Chaz, Jenn and I ordered an additional
phone line be put in the apartment..(three people, two of them women....VERY
necessary). They were supposed to do this and be done with it on the 11th,
and were supposed to call us and let us know when it was done. After hearing
nothing for a week, Chaz finally called up Ameritech to find out what was
going on.
They said that it was all set up and working, and that they had just forgotten
to call. Well, apparently, they also forgot to test the line. After spending
the better part of an hour trying to wire the apartment to get the second
line, Chaz has determined that they must have connected that "pair of phone
lines" to somebody else's apartment, cuz it sure does not come into ours.
Ameriwreck strikes again!!
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scg
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response 62 of 211:
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Apr 19 17:01 UTC 1997 |
Many days at work, I spend more than half my time dealing with Ameritech, and
I'm not the only one therewho does that. We could probably assign dealing
with Ameritech to somebody as a full time job. The latest thing they did was
to install a leased line we ordered for a customer into the wrong building.
Recently Ameritech has been running radio commercials advertising that "with
Ameritech, there are no surprises." That's mostly true, but not quite.
Occasionally they do get something done right.
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senna
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response 63 of 211:
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Apr 20 05:35 UTC 1997 |
Second lines are a gift from god... Our modem is in almost constant use at
our house, there's heavy demand from three people... We could really use a
third line
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rcurl
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response 64 of 211:
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Apr 20 19:14 UTC 1997 |
Really? We have to pay for our second line.
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i
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response 65 of 211:
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Apr 20 22:26 UTC 1997 |
We got service instead of excuses on our ISDN line at work only after we
called the state Public Service Commission to complain. We'd been told that
Ameritech doesn't really care who else suffers, complains, etc., but the
Public Service Commission folks make many of the rules that Ameritech has
to live by, so Ameritech actually pays attention to heat from that direction.
Our source on this information? A salesman for Ameritech.
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remmers
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response 66 of 211:
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Apr 22 04:31 UTC 1997 |
Dan Gryniewicz is the winner in a special election to fill a
vacancy on the Grex Board of Directors. See Item 89 in the Coop
conference for further details.
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audrey
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response 67 of 211:
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Apr 22 21:30 UTC 1997 |
Congrats dang!
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valerie
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response 68 of 211:
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Apr 25 13:00 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 69 of 211:
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Apr 25 13:18 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 70 of 211:
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Apr 25 14:23 UTC 1997 |
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adania
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response 71 of 211:
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Apr 25 18:13 UTC 1997 |
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omni
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response 72 of 211:
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Apr 25 18:22 UTC 1997 |
I doubt anyone would actually *buy* evil1. (Not that I have tried).
I guess I could lend a hand.
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valerie
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response 73 of 211:
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Apr 26 12:49 UTC 1997 |
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e4808mc
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response 74 of 211:
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Apr 29 12:33 UTC 1997 |
I have two pesky teenagers. Maybe I could try acutioning them off on a short
term basis (until they have finished knowing everything). ;-)
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