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Thread ID: 51980	2004-12-06 08:14:00	Modem and line	Prescott (11)	Press F1

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300138	2004-12-06 09:25:00	Hold a blade of grass between thumb and forefinger and run it up the hot wire. If fence is on your finger will twitch.	PaulD (232)
300139	2004-12-06 09:50:00	Tony Herewith the blade of grass gospel according to one small patch of Central Otago dirt. The easy way to discover where an electric fence may be shorting out is: 1. Take long blade of grass (We're talking tall paddock length here, not city lawn size. Cocksfoot or fescue or somesuch) 2. Place on electric wire 3. If you get a *tingle* from the grass, that part of the fence is working. If you don't, keep going until you find the dud bit. Note: If the grass is really dry, you may feel hardly anything. If it's sodden, you may get a substantial belt. So perhaps the first rule should be - choose grass with care for your comfort level. Actually, it's useful for townies out picnicking to know. Saves going all the way around an electric fence which isn't actually turned on ( playing it safe) instead of just hopping over it.	Laura (43)
300140	2004-12-06 09:53:00	I'm shamed by the brevity & conciseness of Paul's reply. Should've checked the thread again before I posted.	Laura (43)
300141	2004-12-06 20:16:00	> I'm shamed by the brevity & conciseness of Paul's reply. Don't be, Laura. I appreciated your explanation. :-)	Susan B (19)
300142	2004-12-06 20:28:00	thanks i put in that command and it has slowed it right down, right down to 9.6kbps., seems a bi weird to me, usually i connect at 44.0kbps. i will go and check the fences today along the road, how do i know where the telephone line lays?	Prescott (11)
300143	2004-12-06 20:30:00	cheers Jim B for those links, im gonna try that NetRight for the telecom website.	Prescott (11)
300144	2004-12-06 21:46:00	> does xtra have other dial up modems I assume you mean numbers. I dunno, why don't you either ring them and ask, or try trawling their web-site. We can't do all the work for you. > not possible mate, we are on a dairy farms and so are > the neighbours Probably the cause of the problem then. Maybe buy a DynaLink rural modem which handle these things better than a cheap Intel knock off. > thanks i put in that command and it has slowed it right down, right down > to 9.6kbps., seems a bi weird to me, usually i connect at 44.0kbps. The number Windows reports when you connect doesn't actually have a real bearing on the connection speed. Ignore the number and see what your actual browsing is like, and download speeds. That number could be at 57600 (as it commonly is) and your browsing could be slow as anything, or it could be at 9.6 and browsing going fine. V34 is a slower protocol but on crap connections it tends to perform better than V90.	ninja (1671)
300145	2004-12-07 01:32:00	The best electric fence tester is a naive townie. You just tell them "Of course it's not on".	Graham L (2)
300146	2004-12-07 11:41:00	Now that's just cruel, Graham. We rural types aren't really like that. (Soft as butter, in spite of the bad press)	Laura (43)
300147	2004-12-08 00:02:00	well i had a look at the fences following the telphone line and i honestly cant seem to find a problem, i asked the old man if he could turn off our fence unit for 5 min and he did and i went and checked the line and there was still a tick in the line . i folowed the fence and telephone line for about 5-8km and there was no power on most of them but the ones that did have power i couldnt seem to find a fault :( it looks like i need to buy a rural modem, which is a absolute last resort beause they are very pricey or are they not?? im actually using my old old serial external modem and it hasnt disconnected on me yet but it is sooo slow . what sort of rural modem do you suggest? im gonna ring telecom today because there might be a problem at the exchange, like all the other times, but im guessing telecom/xtra will tell me to shove off like they have done several times before . cheers	Prescott (11)
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