Chris S
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Modem Battery
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markemark
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How 'new' is it? Does it look used? What sort of battery is it?
Dogtrousers
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I'm kinda surprised that you have a modem. It's many years since I had or saw such a thing. Does it make the squawk squawk boing boing noise when it connects?
I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason.
I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason.
markemark
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Most people have a modem but they generally now come combined with a router. It's still the modem within the box, that most refer to as a router, that connects to your ISP.
Your ISP (usually) supplies you with a router and modem combined. But call it a router. The OP may be calling it a modem (I don't know). Neither are totally right as it's usually combined.
If you buy a router independently, they usually don't have the modem built in. Non-home setups will often have a (or multiple) routers to connect devices . They'll then have separate modems for internet. Often more than one modem for load balancing and redundancy.
What I've not heard of before is a battery for a modem?
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Dogtrousers
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Bah. Newfangled rubbish. It's all been downhill since acoustic couplers disappeared.
Regular.Cyclist
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Was it sold as new or pre-owned? If sold as new I would reject it. Without knowledge of how it has been handled since manufacture it’s current condition is uncertain.
Gwylan
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Those days of scrummaging about under the desk in the hotel room to find the socket. Then find it was not in your collection of plugs.
Then setting things up to bounce through the hotel switch boards and so on.
Then faxing yourself at the hotel a document you needed to print.
Oh my, what fun we had.
PhotoNic69
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Never heard of a Modem requiring a battery? Steam powered, yes, but battery powered, no.
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Chris S
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Sorry, I have a Huawei mobile Wi-Fi that has an internal battery. The battery was sold as new. Is it still serviceable if it's been on a shelf for seven years?
markemark
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What type of battery is it? for sure it would have degraded by different types at different rates. And it depends on the atmospheric conditions it is stored in which you have no knowledge of. If it were cheap I’d just carry on as life’s too short but if it was expensive then I’d ask for a new one.
Regular.Cyclist
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If sold as new I would reject it. It would need very careful management over those seven years to still have value. Without that information it’s WEEE waste in my opinion.
sungod
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depends on the exact battery type, if it's a lithium ion one, shelf life (i.e. disconnected, not charged) is generally 2-3 years, a deeply discharged l-ion cell may lose capacity and have increased risk of failure
if it's been sitting unused for 6 years, that's way too long, return it
if it's been sitting unused for 6 years, that's way too long, return it
