Good Morning to you PCBuilders!

After reading the following article by Boardwatch magazine:

http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/98/mar/bwm24.html

I was astonished to learn of the average low connection rate by 56KFlex
modems. I have been using Rockwell based modems in my business and home for
the last 9 months and have always thought that the inadequate connection
rate was based upon: 1) bad phone wiring in both my home and business, and
2) that my locations were too far away from the "digital source" (according
to the Bell South techs).  My highest connection rate ever was at 34000 bps
(using GTE, AOL and MSN as providers).
After reading the fine (if not lengthy) article, I proceeded to go and
purchase the new V90 USR modem, joined up with Mindspring, and test to see
if there was a difference.....And there was!
My first connection (same location, same wiring) with the USR modem was at
52000!
I now regularly get connections at 52000, 53333 and even at (hard to
believe) 54544!
I also checked to see (via test downloading some files) if the connection
reporting was accurate. Downloading a file though www.hotfiles.com (ZDNet's
file site) before would download at an average of 3.5 kbps, now the average
is between 5.2 and 5.5 kbps!

Just a thought to any of you who are having trouble connecting at V90 speeds
with Rockwell based modems; you might want to give X2 (now V90) a try, it
sure worked for me!

Earl Douglass
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