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Re: modem tests

#929
From: Dan Ellis
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 00:00
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If you are on a SLC, you will be lucky to get 28.8.  We mostly see 26.4
and 24000's.

--Dan

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997 wagstr@gte.net wrote:

> Joe,
> 
> You better call your local telephone company because if they have your
> service being provisioned via a Slick 96 (SLC96) Concentrator you will NOT
> achieve any connections higher than a 33.6.  I am speaking from experience.
> Bell has my service being provided in that manner and the only way to
> achieve the higher rate is to fork out the $ for ISDN, which I am not
> willing to do.
> 
> The SLC96 is the most common problem for not being able to connect at speeds
> in excees of +33.6 kbps and are it is the result of the local telephone
> companies not upgrading their facilities to enable higher bandwidth
> connections.  This is done to cheaply serve faster growing developments /
> communities with digital switches that allow custom calling features.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> At 01:08 AM 12/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >On 12/10/97 I tried a few of the various modem options outlined in Tom
> >Rusnocks note (12/8: New Numbers......). Here is what I found:
> >
> >Computer:    P233MMX
> >Modem:        LT Win Modem (Lucent - K56flex)
> >OS:                Windows 95
> >Telco:            Commonwealth (788)
> >
> >Dialing 450-7480 (BELL 33.6): Connected at 28.8 (Multiple times)
> >Dialing 501-9956 (CTCO 33.6): Connected at 31.2 (Multiple times)
> >Dialing 501-9935 (CTCO 56k): Connected at 28.8 (Multiple times)
> >Dialing 208-4876 (CTCO 56k): Connected at 28.8 (One attempt)
> >
> >I had been connecting to the 56k lines at 31.2-33.6 up until yesterday or
> >today. I have never connected to the 56k line above 33.6. I will forward my
> >modem log directly to Tom Rusnock and not bore everyone else with the
> >gibberish. Hope this helps the cause.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 

~..............................................................................
--Daniel Ellis
 Director of Engineering / Chief Engineer, MicroServe Information Systems Inc.
 (717)821-5964

		"The only way to predict the future is to invent it."
                      --Alan Kay


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