If you try www.pcpitstop.com they have a program to check your computer operation including your Internet connection and make recommendations to tweak/optimize your system. This procedure is free though they do have recommended programs for sale. Your Win 98 could be tweaked for dial up while your Win 2000 is not. I hope this helps. Tom Mayer Sue Rose wrote: > Two identical gateway g6-400 towers--one running win 98se the other running win 2000, > Aptiva IBM running win 98 first edition, custom built tower running win 2000 > All computers are around 1996-1997 > The gateway running win 98se tower nornmally connects via the modem to this my account (edu) at 44, 000 or 45,333 > the aptiva was connecting at 48000 > the gateway tower running win 2000 was at 28.8kbs > and the custom built tower never was able to connect > > Why this disparity--same phone line that i plugged into each tower > > > > > The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website, web based bulletinboard for questions and answers: Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com