Re: Online Questions

[cust_ts@cc.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)]

In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950922225731.8074A-100000@orion>,
Duck  <leed@sfsu.edu> wrote:
>Hello!
>	Just a quicky question.  I'm logged in reading the news through 
>my San Francisco State account right now, it's almost 11 pm pacfic time.  
>I am noticing a little problem that seems to occur more frequently at 
>night.  My screen keeps breaking up with weird characters showing up 
>while I'm reading, composing a message, or just scrolling.  I have to use 
>ctrl-L to refresh the screen everytime it happens.  Anyone else else ever 
>have this problem?  If you have is there a solution, besides don't call 
>in at night?  Thanks  for any info!

Looks like phone line trouble. An error-correcting modem should solve
these. 14.4K modems are in the $80-$120 range these days, 28.8K cost
about twice that.

>-Don
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