dial up slow

[sam]

i got my father a new modem(dialup) wiht its own processor built init it don't use your computers cpu and upu get faster connection

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[boricua4sho2002]

I have dial internet my modem is 56k but it doesnt go 56kbps it goes 52kbps maybe u dont have the latest V.90 technology V.92 for available ISP.

[Detritus]

edited cause it wasn't post related and just kinda mean...

[uethello]

Try disconnecting and dialing up again, I used to do this a couple of times and sometimes the differences would be as much as 20k.

the download limits

who has limits on their d/ls with cable? I'm with RR and have never run into this.

Also, if my connection slows down a little, so what? I'm literally downloading 100 times faster now than with dial up. I just downloaded the full version of Americas Army. It took sixteen minutes.

[omc1jz]

Sorry about the profanity ,

In Australia we have cable on plans that have a download limit of 350mb for Aus$59.95 and then 15 c for every mb over.

And that is from one of our biggest telephone companys,
It is a joke, until we get some de-regulation we will be paying through the nose for cable..

I want to hit up our local council reprasentative for a huge
wireless lan on the gold coast, I see that starbucks does it !!

Government funded would be nice!!

We should ALL have the right to broadband Internet!!!!!!!!!

For FREEEEEE

[mossopinc]

id just die if there was no broadband. dial-up 56k na keep it just give me ma 1MB broadband there no subs for it

all this talk of d/l's scared me for a sec there...I'm just getting ready to switch over to att broadband in a week or two after i get all the tweaking don'e on me pc...had one question though is it better to use an ethernet card or usb ??

[omc1jz]

So you GENTS have no download limits??????

Just rub it in..... a little more

I dont think im jealous enough yet......


What kind of pricing do u ppl have on ur "no limit" Broadband..

[zen]

How's $40.00 a month grab ya? 3.2MB Unlimited down or up!

[bill1971]

Getting back to the original post. I'm experiencing the same 28.8
connection on a 56K modem on a P233 / Win95 machine.(I'm checking this out for a friend - it's not one of my boxes).

I didn't think the CPU had all that much to do w/ modem connection speed - loading graphics and the like, along with memory maybe, but not the connection speed between modem and server. Am I correct here?

What I'm getting ready to do is upgrade the modem driver. I know the phone line is good, because I consistently connect on my 1.33 Athlon box at 49.3K on the same line.

Thanks for any info.

- Bill