On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 12:57 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > My first fear was that I was root-kitted via my stinking 56k modem, > that only runs reliably at 28.8 Going off at a tangent, would you fare better (speed-wise) with a different modem? Over here, we have what are termed "rural modems" which are designed to cope better with the harsh conditions of long phone lines out in the bush. The usual off-the-shelf modems fail miserably on such lines. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.