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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:22 PM
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I have a teknikol question...
My dial-up connection speed drops every time it rains......WTF?
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:25 PM
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1. all those little electrical impulses are like tiny fish. When the wires
absorb the dampness it just means the "fish" have to swim harder, and they get tired. So they rest every so often, and don't get to where they're going as fast.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:28 PM
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3. If you have impulses that are like the swedish fish, they swim faster.


:silly:
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:31 PM
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6. Except for the red ones, because they have to wait to turn green
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:31 PM
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4. So...I call the phone company and ask for wire condoms?
...(just thinking ahead)
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:34 PM
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8. be prepared for the phone company to Just Say No
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Logiola Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:26 PM
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2. i hope you don't ;ive in seattle
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:31 PM
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5. Nope - just in a swamp
In FL
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_TJ_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:33 PM
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7. I used to work for an ISP
Every time we got very heavy rain, lots of dial-up customers
would call in complaining their connections were gone to shit.

Apparantly rain leaks into overhead phone cables through
cracks in the cable and increases resistance on the circuit.
You don't notice it much on voice calls but it plays merry
hell with modems.
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 02:39 PM
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9. Great - all our utilities are underground...
Maybe I should just move the computer into the house.....



I kid
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