🚀 go-pugleaf

another thing that helps is a GOOD QUALITY modem
I had an IBM rockwell 56K that could connect at 54K consistently...had a
small accident with it and eneded up buying a diamond supra express or
something like that and could only get 44K max same ISP and everything
it's all about quality
finally got smart though...thank god for cable =oP
Paul Holloway <pauldh@telapex.com> wrote in message
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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