<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>Wow. <br><br>Recycling a text to other associates today: "despite double surge protection on the power supply and coax cable, the power outage and restoration seems to have blown through the protection. Apparently surge protectors degrade over time. ( . . . ) Cable modem is under warrantee but I have to get an OK from the company, maybe go to Walmart for a new one, have Comcast register it, etc."<br></div><div><br></div><div>The Comcast technician showed up today and confirmed the signal is fine, the modem blown. My APC UPS/surge protector is older than the max 5 years that surge protection tends to work. The more surges, the faster they and simple strip surge protectors expire. Years ago I had a system that recorded surges, and I got many here on James Street. FYI for y'all. I know, yet another todo item.<br><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Best Regards,<br></span></span></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn" data-sigid="1535369000000073001" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; color: rgb(170, 48, 37)"><b><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Rob Laporte</span></span></b><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">CEO | R&D Manager</span><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px"><b><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">DISC - Making Websites Make Money</span></span></b><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><br><a href="mailto:Rob@2disc.com" target="_blank">Rob@2disc.com</a>, <span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">413-584-6500</span></span></span></span><br></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.2disc.com">www.2disc.com</a></span></span><span class="size" style="font-size:16px"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif"></span></span><br></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal"><span class="size" style="font-size:16px"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif"></span></span><br></div><div><b style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal"><span class="size" style="font-size:16px"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0)">NOTE:</span></span></span></b><span class="size" style="font-size:16px"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0)"> Emails can be blocked by spam filters throughout the web. If you don’t get a reply within an expected span of time, please call.</span></span></span><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:58:08 -0400 <b>Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net></b> wrote ---<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="blockquote_zmail" style="margin: 0px;"><div><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri">Hey Rob,</span><br></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri">Our Comcast went down on Thursday night when
the power lines outside our house on River Street started
arcing. The sparks happened a handful of times, eventually
taking out the power in the house for a minute. When power came
back on, the Internet was still down. We called Comcast, gave
them our Mac address, and they had a tech text us back with
updates until they got it working again.</span><br></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri">Friday morning we awoke to the power line
arcing again, this time at full torch strength for over a half
hour until they turned the power off and replaced the horizontal
bars/cage that the lines are tethered to. It was quite the show.<br></span></p><p><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri">Mik<br></span></p><pre class="x_1909202790moz-signature">Mik Muller, president
Montague WebWorks
20 River Street, Greenfield, MA
413-320-5336
<a target="_blank" href="http://MontagueWebWorks.com" class="x_1909202790moz-txt-link-freetext">http://MontagueWebWorks.com</a>
Powered by ROCKETFUSION<br></pre><div class="x_1909202790moz-cite-prefix">On 10/11/2024 4:32 PM, Rob Laporte via
Hidden-discuss wrote:<br></div><div id="zmail_block"><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net <br>Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net <br> <br>You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. <br>If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members <br>page on the Hidden Tech Web site. <br>http://www.hidden-tech.net/members <br><blockquote><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><div>Hi All,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm curious whether any other Greenfield
people's Comcast/xfinity connections are down.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Multiblock power outage last night in sections of
Greenfield led to a Comcast/xfinity internet outage outlasting
the power outage. This morning my Comcast text alert said all
service was restored, but mine was not. Comcast removed the
ability to track area outages, replacing it with a report on
only your own connection, and I'm guessing they have a policy
to not reveal multi-customer problems. My cable modem still
won't connect (tried everything, some with India tech center),
so technician coming Monday. <br> <br> Also, sites like downdetector.com are weak measures of
outages. Does anyone know of services or apps that report
regional if not town-specific internet outages based on actual
connections, or at least something closer to aggregated modem
activity than people posting complaints?<br></div><div><br></div><div class="x_1909202790zmail_signature_below"><div id=""><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Best Regards,<br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; color: rgb(170, 48, 37)"><b><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Rob Laporte</span></span></b><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px"><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">CEO |
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