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Re: HELP! 56K connects @ 26.4

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From: Gino Lercara
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 00:00
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Sounds to me like your phone line is not capable of supporting 56k.
This depends on how your phone is connected to the telco which may cause
too many analog to digital to analog conversions.

--=20
Gino Lercara
SCM International
www.scmint.com
GLercaraXYZ@scmint.com
(remove the XYZ from the address above)
    janet tambini wrote in message =
<01be0a72$609ffdc0$9dd1a8d0@wierdo>...
    I don't have v90, but one thing you might be sure to check with your =
ISP to be sure he has given you the correct phone number for their v90 =
service. My ISP has v90 service but you have to tell them that you want =
it. Otherwise, the regular phone line just connects to older 28.8 =
modems.
   =20
   =20
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    Julio Alano <citizenc73@hotmail.com> wrote in article =
<Yg502.17549$357.345@news-reader.bt.net>...
    > 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) althought the =
download
    > speeds suggest I am getting closer to or just over 28.8k.
    > I have tried  3 different ISPs and a number of locations/lines. My =
modem
    > supports both K56Flex and V.90 and I have tried ISPs offering all =
three main
    > protocols.
    > Does anyone have experience of this or any suggestions of fixes.
    >=20
    > Cheers, Julio
    >=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Sounds to me like your phone line is =
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><BR>-- <BR></FONT>Gino =
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given you=20
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service but=20
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    color=3D#000000>&gt;...<BR>&gt; Is anyone else suffering from this =
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    just me?<BR>&gt; Any comments are welcome.<BR>&gt; I am in =
Washington State=20
    area. I connecting using an internal 56k pci modem.<BR>&gt; It will =
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modem<BR>&gt;=20
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Subject: Re: HELP! 56K connects @ 26.4
Date: 1998/11/07
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