speeding up dial up access

[reiss]

hey guys
have gone from a 1.4mbs dsl to a crappy 56k dial up for a few weeks.
does anyone know any tips for speeding up my connection - its driving me insane.

thanks

[bailey]

it can only be as good as the phone lines are, there is no way you can speed it up as far as I know.

[StealthyV]

I heard somewhere (sorry I can't be more specific) that the V.92 standard is the fastest means of transmitting data via phone lines...it uses advanced compression allowing faster speeds. most modern modems (built within the last 3 or so years) support the V.92 standard, but in my experience with AOL, that isp does not.

I feel your pain. I recently moved home from college, where I enjoyed one of three T1's servicing my campus to 56k dialup.

the average 56k modem will connect at 31.6k and no faster. if you want really fast connection speeds, try only loading one web page at a time, and waiting until nighttime to listen to your streaming music, etc. it's almost 4am here, and I'm listening to Digitally Imported Radio with minimum interference (buffering), prolly due to the low server load at this time.

a download manager will also help you dl (download) programs and files faster...by breaking up the load to many different servers and dl'ing different parts of the file, then piecing them together.

also, a short phone cable is better than a long one, and getting a line-noise reducer (looks like a circular magnet, and it snaps on the cable) might help with line noise.

gl (good luck) and report back if you do get your speeds up!

~Branson

[Beemer]

You can optimize your telephone line to the computer by running a direct line from the outside box to your computer bypassing all other telephonetic equipment in the process. The line should be telephone cable of twisted wire kind as this disapates line noise. The line can be no longer than 36 feet in total length.

Another thing you can do is optimize the way your browser handles tasks on the NET.

Browser Speedup Works on XP as well.

If you want to go a little bit farther you can optimize your connection properties through registry hacks.

[reiss]

thanks guys.
the reigistry & system tweeks were more of what i was looking for, as well as any good 'modem boosting' software.
forgot to metion. i have win XP

[Beemer]

The registry tweaks are performance boosters only at non peak Internet times. You won't see any difference otherwise.

I'll look around for some registry tweaks for XP for ya.

Cheers!

[Beemer]

Check out http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2080.aspx and get the CableNut program. I haven't tried the program myself but it looks a lot easier than what I would put you through. lol

Cheers!

[reiss]

cheers guys
though all your suggestions are just too late, i m now completely bald from pulling my hair out waiting and waiting for a simple page to load.

will have dsl in a few weeks anyway.

[StealthyV]

external serial modems are reportedly faster than the pci modems on the market in that your data is processed faster.

I was looking into one here but decided to wait till the balance in my bank account reached a positive number before I spent any more bucks!

~Branson

[StealthyV]

dial-up modem troubles resulted in a double-post. arrrgh!

~B