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Glad nobody was hurt too as those electrical storms can be dangerous on all
counts. Enjoy your new set up.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: Back ON!
> Neither and both. *g* Our modem and router were taken out by lightening
> directly, which must have hit close to our apartment building, probably at
> the bpoint where the main cable entered the builting as all our cabling
> runs undergrund.
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> The other part was a connector of the isp out on the street that was hit
> and where a bunch of electronic components were damaged. It took them two
> days to find and replace those, the longest we ever had an outage. usually
> an outage here only lasts for a few hours at the most.
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> Thanks for asking and thanks for praying. *g* papito always teases me
> that when our internet is out, he prays for our connectivity but also for
> my patience and sanity. *g*
>
> hugs and smiles,
>
> Doris
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> At 07:52 PM 8/10/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>>Glad to have you back Doris. So were you guys hit by lightning or was it
>>your service provider.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Doris and Chris <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013 3:58 pm
>>Subject: Back ON!
>>
>> >
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>> > We're back online after more than 48 hours of downtime of our dsl
>> > following a major thunderstorm and being hit by lightening.
>> >
>> > It turns out that our modem after ailing for a day or so died and we
>> > needed to buy a replacement. Qe now have a modem router combo for the
>> > first time. We bought the cheapest we could get and were blessed in
>> > that the interface is accessible but the language cannot be changed
>> > to English as I would prefer. It's a good thing that the interface
>> > needs rarely be accessed.
>> >
>> > Anyway, thanks to you who prayed or just thought of us. *g*
>> > Doris and Chris in Germany
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