Hi John,

Go back to the basics first.

One thing you must take into account is the quality of the phone lines
in your area.
They may not allow you to go any faster, even with the latest and
greatest.

Do you have anyone else on you "block", that you know of for sure, that
is attaining the type of speed you are looking for?  I'd check out the
neighborhood first, before spending all types
of money, maybe needlessly on the new hardware.

Thanks and have a Great Day!

Joe Lore
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Hi all,
Right now,I'm using Pentium MMX, 200Mhz, with Win98 SE installed. It
seem like I will never get my modem to go as high as "40 something" bps.
My highest speed was 31.2 kbps. I've go into Modem setting and tried
everyting. No result. I even go into my ISP homepage(Netzero). They all
tell me to do the same thing that I had been doing, like seting modem up
to max, try other access number, update my modem driver,ect..But to no
prevail. I don't think it the Netzero server faults. Because I had tried
to use the Web several different times during the day, and my sister was
able to get her speed of about 44.4 kbps using Netzero account. I'm
about to give up this modem and buy another one. But before I do that, I
would like to ask anyone that might know any other ways that I can speed
up my modem. I'm using a very stardard 56K modem wit h a not well-know
brand name. I had this modem for at least 5 years now. Is it possible
that the modem back then not capable of deliver speed up to "40
something" kbps? Or is it because my system was so slow? If I were to
buy a new modem, will install it on my system will result the same
thing?

Any help would greatly appreaciated.

Sincerely,
John Loc.

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