Yeah, I wish it was that cheap. Mine was the last one on the shelf of the local pharmacy and was $80.
Seems to me that either you got ripped off, or it is a far fancier, electronic version than mine. Mine is exactly the same as the one my doc uses in his office, the local hospital use and my pulmonologist uses.
Oh I am sure it isn’t worth more than $20. I saw them online at Costco for $30, but with Covid in the house already, I wasn’t going to wait. Walmart online had then for $60. I had no time to shop around.
DSL is dying tech, that's the problem. Even in rural areas, you can get better service for a similar price with wireless technologies. So the reason modems are hard to get is that there isn't much of a market so no one stocks them. No business I know will touch DSL anymore (we might have it for backup connections in a couple places, but not the primary). Too unreliable since the speed is dependent on distance from your central office. When they say 1 meg up and 6 meg down for DSL, those are maximums, not fixed ratings with any kind of guarantee. I was getting maybe half that in a suburban neighbourhood, which is why I switched to cable with Teksavvy as the provider (Rogers provides the cable to the street, but then the traffic gets routed on to Teksavvy's network). Next step would be some kind of fiber but the cable seems to be enough for us now that we don't have a gamer in the house.
Such a moooooving picture.
Hope you milk it for all its worth. 
Very well indeed, but it was only one eye. One more to go.
My first thought was- good you have only two ( eyes).
Woke up to storm has stopped, the ice pellets have frozen together so I can walk over them, but I doubt its firm enough for my car. Plough has not been here yet. So I either get to work late or I go in tomorrow, depending on when the plough comes.
