Thank you, thank you, thank you. A very thorough answer. Thank you very much. > > >Download ZTerm and have it ready so that you (or your Mac dealer or your >ISP tech support) enter AT commands directly into the modem. But what I >first suggest is to bring your eMac to your Mac dealer and ask if you >can dial out from his phone lines (assuming he is okay with it and his >phone lines are working fine). If you can establish a reliable dial-up >connection, then it's the phone lines at your home that's busted --- in >which case you call up your local phone provider and have them run a >diagostic. Better yet, if you hear static on your phone line now where >you did not anything before the storms, definitely call up your local >phone provider and tell them you hear static. They will have to send a >technician over to troubleshoot. > >Good luck! > > >-- >Eugene Lee >http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ >_____________________________________ -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - - Benjamin Franklin