I share your pain. I used to have dial-up that went at 21K or 25K if I was lucky. I can't get DSL in the boonies. Eighteen Months ago I switched to DirecWay. ($99 per month.) It has served me well. Coming out almost any day now is WildBlue. It is $50 per month, with, I think, a $299 installation fee. If you are interested, check it out at www.wildblue.com. Our REC, with whom I have DirecWay, is supposed to transfer us over to WildBlue for free six months ago. :( It is an expensive luxury, but I really like it. (WildBlue and DirecWay both come into your house via satellite, similar to Directv.) Dean Kukral [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Loy Pressley Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] 56K Dial-up Modem Won't Connect at More than 28.8 My ISP has compatible modems on all his connections. I suspect the problem is the telephone lines and there isn't much I can do about that. I'm a rural customer and the phone company (Verizon) isn't much interested in providing anything by the bare minimum level of service, so I guess I'm stuck with a low speed dialup connection. Thank you all for your replies. Loy The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com