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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".  56K technology is based upon several premises,
namely that your phone lines support 56K transfer rates.  Instead of
moaning about beings "scammed" etc, you should work towards finding out
why you aren't able to get better than V.34 connections, and then go
about solving the problems.  If you phone lines are capable, and you
have a 56k modem and are dialing into a compatible ISP and both ends are
using compatible firmware versions, you should get a 56k connection. 
Given that those same USR modems will get 56k connections at a variety
of spots in the world, then I would look to your phone lines before I
looked to your modem as the culprit.
-- 
Paul Holloway
Customer Service Representative
Telapex Internet
pauldh@telapex.com