Hi Dale,
I have been told by the Bell people that if you are more than 3 miles from
the central office it is not possible to get a dialup connection faster than
33.6 regardless of modem speed.
HTH
Mark Powdermaker
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From: Dale T. Bryant <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 09, 1998 6:22 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] 56K USR modem only gets 28.8 connect


>Hi, I have just installed a new US Robotics 56K V.90 Faxmodem and still
>can't get a connection beyond 28.8.  I pretty much had the same trouble
with
>the 33.6 Supra modem that I replaced.  I've been through tech support for
my
>ISP with no success and I have called the telephone company in regards to
>the line which they say that all phone lines are only guaranteed to 9600
>baud.  Unless I want ISDN that is.  I'm sure that most people connecting
>above 28.8 have normal phone lines, right?  What else could be restricting
>my connect speed?  Thanks for any input.
>
>I am running a Micron Pentium 200 MMX, 64 megs RAM, the modem is on COM2
>(that shouldn't make a difference).
>
>Dale Bryant
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