thrill of modem noise

I bought a USB modem to use for back-up in case my broadband goes down again... It works! It really works!

It gave me a little thrill, hearing the modem noises while it was connecting, and seeing some web pages load successfully (even though the first few attempts were unsuccessful; I may have been too impatient).


I plan to also get a newer cell phone with a bigger data plan for backup too, but frankly the idea of trying out a phone-line dial-up connection again, like in the old days, was too good to pass up.