My wife and I use dialup.  She has never had much problem with it, but for
a long time I did.  It finally got so bad that I complained to the ISP.

  They suggested that I add about three commas to the end of the phone
number.  Each translates to a wait of about two seconds, so the modem
doesn't consider itself "finished dialing and ready to hegotiate a
connection" until about 5 seconds after the last digit was sent to the phone
system.  This greatly reduces that chance that some initial quaver in the
answering tone will confuse the negotiation process into settling on an
unstable configuration.  Apparently my modem is much more subject to this
than my wife's.

  This has cut the number of line drops and other problems I've had with my
connection by perhaps as much as an order of one hundred.  Really.

David Gillett



On 27 Oct 2005 at 3:26, R. Shane wrote:

> Thanks Rick,
>     I agree that it shouldn't be happening. For my internet connection
> I use microwave wireless. I have no say what so ever over the
> computer, it is company owned and maintained. She works for an airline
> doing reservations and the only way, at least for now, that the are
> allowing their home agents to connect to their servers is via dialup.
> In telling their IT department they just brush it of saying it is a
> phone company problem. I don't agree because I can do a test dialup
> with my computer and stay connected all day long with no problems. I
> have several lines into the house and have even tried the other lines
> with no difference.
>
>     Any suggestions are definitely welcomed.
>
> Rob Shane
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Richard Glazier
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:56 PM
>   Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Modem Initialization string
>
>
>   I guess I do not have to tell you that that should not happen.
>   I used the same thing very sucessfully on an AMD 1.7+
>   with no problems. The fact it is an external modem makes
>   it even odder...
>   Have you uninstalled the moden drivers and forced a driver
>   (clean) re-install?
>
>   PS: With the price of DSL falling to less than $15 (in this area),
>   it might be a good idea to consider that. <?>
>
>                                           Rick Glazier
>
>
>   From: "R. Shane">    My wife works from home and as strange as it may seem if she gets a
>   > modem connection faster than a stated 28-32 her system will crash and
>   > disconnect. She has to continually try to connect and disconnect to get
>   > anything lower than 42-46.
>   >     My questions is, is there an initialization string that I can enter in
>   > modem properties to force a slower connect speed. Haven't dealt with modems
>   > for at least several years.
>   >
>   > OS is WinXP Pro
>   > Modem is US Robotics 56K external
>
>
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