Autzoo.880 hacknews utzoo!henry Tue Aug 11 20:38:57 1981 dialup "fixed" The ailing dialup modem has cured itself, it seems. As a result of the usual workings of Murphy's Law, when the Bell man came to fix it, it was working perfectly and refused to misbehave. He speculated on an intermittent contact or suchlike in the cable; it's possible.