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Dave wrote in message <364A5924.7FBD@all.com>...
>Paul Holloway wrote:
>>
>> Dave wrote:
>> >
>> > Julio Alano wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Is anyone else suffering from this or is it just me?
>> > > Any comments are welcome.
>> > > I am in Washington State area. I connecting using an internal 56k pci
modem.
>> > > It will only connect at 26.4k (reported by DUN)
>> >
>> > You are NOT alone.  I, too, have been taken in by this "56K" scam.
>> >
>> > My 33.6 USR winmodem consistently connected at 31.2
>> >
>> > My X2 USR winmodem usually connected at 28.8 (to USR X2 dialup)
>> >
>> > My V.90 USR winmodem usually connects at 26.4 (to USR V.90 dialup)
>> >
>> > USR, to its shame, blames my phone line.  I wonder how my phone line
>> > knows to degrade itself every time I get a supposedly-faster USR
modem???
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > - Dave
>>
>> There is no 56k "scam".
><snip>
>> then I would look to your phone lines before I
>> looked to your modem as the culprit.
>
>Nice side-step!  But the facts remain:
>
>My 33.6 USR winmodem consistently connected at 31.2   (so obviously my line
wasn't too bad!)
>
>My X2 USR winmodem usually connected at 28.8 (to USR X2 dialup)
>
>My V.90 USR winmodem usually connects at 26.4 (to USR V.90 dialup)
>
>USR, to its shame, blames my phone line.  I wonder how my phone line
>knows to degrade itself every time I get a supposedly-faster USR modem???
>
>--
>
>- Dave
>