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["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 AlMaur777 AT aol.com wrote:
->It's a good idea to have a cell phone, though, cause if the power or modem 
->goes out, so does the phone, and as the stories here attest, the modem does 
->sometimes stop working.

I guess that's just w/TW cable modem - with "real" phone I had access 
during the ice storm (granted on dialup) and also a phone to call and say, 
"So, it's icy. Yeah? Still icy here. You?" been a good idea to keep a 
non-cordless phone around the house just for that reason...

Cheers
KJ