[ale] DSL Modem pre-emptive safety?

Mon Apr 22 12:09:12 EDT 2002

Huge danger for a bandwidth intensive druggie like myself, but your
modem won't care much! ;)
Dow

PS.  How can you dare risk loss of connectivity?  You must be one of
those people that actually have a life beyond the computer chair at
home!

Pete Hardie wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm planning to get some landscaping done, and expect the area over my DSL line
> to be
> in danger of a fiber-seeking post-hole digger.  Should I disconnect my Linksys
> DSL
> modem
> from the line before the work starts?  Or is there no danger of damage from a
> cut line?
> 
> TIA,
> 
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