The Typhoon that busted my DSL Modem

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief June 23, 2008 · 1 min read

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在台风袭击大马尼拉的这些年里，几乎没有对家用电子产品造成太大损害。直到本周末弗兰克台风袭击马尼拉，这才出现了问题。这全是弗兰克的错——全城停电导致我的DSL调制解调器坏了。

电力恢复后，一切看起来都正常，只有 PLDT 为我的线路提供的 SpeedStream 5100 ADSL 调制解调器例外。那该死的东西再也开不了机。什么都没有，彻底坏了。一定是烧毁了。

已向 PLDT 客服报告此事，他们承诺更换为更新的调制解调器。希望他们能尽快交付——比如明天。

如果不是，我正在考虑自己购买一个备份 DSL 调制解调器。有人知道哪里能便宜买到吗？

目前，我每天在 Smart 3G 上可能花费 300 多菲律宾比索。

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36 Comments

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phoccaloncony · 18 years ago

Arthur · 18 years ago

@ralph
Why not dareglobal? That’s actually the modem PLDT gave me when I subscribed to myDSL 2 years ago. O___O

ChrisMo · 18 years ago

First to check usually during this kind of situation is the power supply. Why don’t you invest in those lightning arrested type extension power cables, their quite affordable and not only arrest lightnings, it’s mainly for surge currents and voltage spikes, a fraction of the cost of an AVR which may or may not have the arrester function…

Just a suggestion for all techies out there…

ralph · 18 years ago

i hope they will not replace your modem with dareglobal db 108

seiken · 18 years ago

nice to hear that your back..

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

Thanks for the tips everyone.

PLDT Tech went here in the afternoon to fix the problem. The power adapter got busted. I’m up and running now.

pinoy websurfer · 18 years ago

no metrowide blackout in our place. i was online for most of the day and night. buti na lang di kami nasiraan.

Jan Alvin · 18 years ago

Ouch, thats really a pain in the neck.

pinoyapostolic · 18 years ago

Sorry to hear this news… the unexpected always has a way of surprising us…

noemi · 18 years ago

can’t you ask PLDT to replace it? Just say it conked out?

noemi · 18 years ago

Maybe the power surge destroyed it. Lauren’s smart bro modem oozed clear liquid a few weeks ago. Ugh it even burned the adaptor. So now the new modem supplied by Smart Bro is now attached to an AVR.

Something might have went wrong when there was a brownout then power came back to her modem.

Our PLDT modem is okay so far . It’s a Zyxel.

mish · 18 years ago

I’m glad I shut our home network down for the duration of Frank’s yelping and howling yesterday afternoon. This is precisely the sort of thing I wanted to avoid (or HDD crashes/data loss)

If you’re ok with pre-owned gear, I think there are still lots of DSL modem/routers available on tipidpc.com. You might even get lucky and find a brand-new one being offered for sale.