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In article <6vjet6$p5i@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, krs7@cornell.edu (Keene
R. Silfer) wrote:

>Hey.
>
>Anyone using a modem on Snyder Hill Road having any luck getting connected at 
>any speed faster than 28.8k?
>
>I have a 28.8k modem now, and I've tried two different new 56k (V.90) 
>modems...
>
>1. With the first, I could -rarely- get anything faster than 28.8k.  I -once- 
>got as high as 40k, but usually it was at 26.4 (a speed -drop- over my old 
>modem).
>
>2. With the second (just as a test), I got 28.8k every time.
>
>I've tried tweaking the wiring in the house for the best effect, but it didn't 
>seem to make any improvement...
>
>So, I'm curious to know if it's the main phone lines out here that suck, or 
>whether it -is- my indoor wiring.  I'm out in the 370s...
>
>Please email/post any input you have.  Thanks.
>-- KEENE

I typically get 48K with a 56K modem (US Robotics) on a G3/233 PowerMac.

I had the same experience you did when I was using a 56K Global Village
modem. I think the problem was that the modem supported K56 Flex, x2 and
v.90 and chose the slowest one (K56 Flex).

I live near the corner of Snyder Hill and Sharlene.

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Michael Roman
mrr1@cornell.edu