From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: May 25, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: modem takes out phone line
>
> Leo,
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> The phone company told my friend his computer modem took out
> his phone line.He has dail-up and a Dell XP OS computer.I
> told him I was not aware this could happen. Is the phone
> company right or is this a end run from them? Thanks in advance Fred
It really depends on what you mean by "took out".
Damaged the phone line? Very unlikely, but yes, possible.
Took over the phone line - but the phone line works when you
unplug the modem? Happens all the time. Could easily be a
faulty modem.
Thanks for asking,
Leo