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

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