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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:43:47 PST7
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: dialup internet failure

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jizba@verizon.net wrote:
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> Ben,
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> I spent several hours at Brea Microlab. It
> appears that the modem test fails, but it is NOT
> the modem because the test also failed on another
> one owned by the lab. My wife's theory that Verizon
> cancelled my account is also shot down because I
> manage to send this e-mail to you. (I am at the
> La Habra public library). I guess that the next step
> will be to buy a PC, preferably a cheap one without
> an operating system. I wonder if FRY's sells such
> hardware.

It so happens that I was at Fry's last week and asked that very question. The one salesman I talked to
showed me one computer that had only Linux on it. At least one doesn't have to pay for Windows. But
the price may include a fee for installing Linux. IIRC, the price was in the $600 range.

Sheridan

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