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Article #164Re: PB G3 Modem trouble with Demon
From: Gordon Laurie
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00
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In article <375A42CF.2ED7B477@phil66.demon.co.uk>, Phil Evans <phil@phil66.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I've got a PB G3 series with internal KFlex modem.. you know the one. Jammy git :-) >I have HUGE troubles connecting to Demon at speeds above 33.6kbps. On >the V.90 and KFlex lines Demon offer, I get a good connection speed, but >it dies after a few seconds, or it seems to work for 10 seconds and die >for a minute. > >Has anyone has experienced this with Demon? Does anyone have any >knowledge of the modem inside the Powerbook? Can anyone suggest a new >init string, or....something? I've had similar problems with my Pace 56k and iMac. Seems to be a problem with my telephone line. Sometimes I got good clean connection with no dropouts for hours on end, other times (most of the time) I got what you described. I finally solved it by setting up the Pace to connect at 33k maximum and someone kindly sent me a script for the iMac's internal modem to do the same.
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