v.90 internal modem help

[shaun1982]

he, s netcomm internal modem, alright, v.90.

and has any one heard of swannsmart II internal..

which brand is better and also would the performance of the v.90 modems differ between brands, and is netcomm good brand


cause i currently have a old acer modem 56k flex, which in kazaa i download at max 4 kb a sec. how would netcomm be
thanks

[RicheemxX]

its not going to make any difference in your d/l speeds v.90 is outdate anyways v.92 is the newest standard but they all run at the max speeds of the phone lines wiich is 52k {something like that} as long as your running a 56k dial-up modem then your d/l speeds should only run about 4kb/s so if the only reason your looking to ugrade is for faster d/l's then I'd skip the upgrade but if your going to do it anyways then get something that is v92 rated allows for inet caller id and call holding

[John Prophet]

56k flex...uhh, that is an older standard even from v90.

What kind of connect speeds do you get? One possibility is a hardware modem..like those killer old school USR ISA modems...I have seen them work on lots of phone lines where software modems just sit and whimper.

[Gettinbye]

Originally posted by shaun1982

cause i currently have a old acer modem 56k flex, which in kazaa i download at max 4 kb a sec. how would netcomm be
thanks

A 56k modem has the same max download speed as a V.90 or V.92 modem. The FCC has a "cap" of 53k/s on a dial-up connection. That's 53kiloBITS, not 53kiloBYTES. Therefore, 53 divided by 8 (8 bits=1byte) is 6.625kiloBYTES, which is the MAX theoretical download speed you can achieve on dial-up, except you have to figure in your phone quality and connection "overhead" which drops it to roughly 5K/s or less.
The fact that you're running 4K/s is a sign that you have a pretty decent connection. I don't know that upgrading your modem will grant you any additional speed, but if your ISP has V.92 service, you can utilize that to put your modem "on hold" if you only have one phone line.
*EDIT* Sorry RicheemxX-didn't mean to echo you...

[shaun1982]

oh thanks then, do u guys have any tweaks for v.92 modems. and my connection speed on my PRAGMATIC v.92 is 44.0 kbs and similar to my sisters new netcomm internal v.92 modem.

[eagle1]

I guess that's the best you can do with 56k!
I usually download at 5.0kb if the site at the other end is good!