Which ROMP with iMAC?

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4 total messages Started by Matt Wilson Sat, 05 Feb 2000 00:00

#123

Author: Matt Wilson
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 00:00

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Green appears to only connect at 31k2 with our iMac - should we use one of the
others?

(Green connects at 44k ish on the PC).

Ta for any info.

- MDW.

Re: Which ROMP with iMAC?

#124

Author: Mark Etherington
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 00:00

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Matt Wilson <matt@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Green appears to only connect at 31k2 with our iMac - should we use one of the
> others?
> 
> (Green connects at 44k ish on the PC).

Check you're set up for the right modem in the Modem Control Panel.

I use the Red ROMP with my PowerBook G3, and get 44k-ish too.

-- 
Mark Etherington
mark@roxley.demon.co.uk

Re: Which ROMP with iMAC?

#125

Author: Peter Ceresole
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 00:00

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In article <01bf7025$a52c2da0$6626989e@lightning>,
"Matt Wilson" <matt@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Green appears to only connect at 31k2 with our iMac - should we use one of the
>others?

Quite possibly. They do use different Network Access Servers; Green uses
3Coms and Red/Purple use Ascends. So just try Red (0845 0798666).

Using a 3Com Courier, which is a decent modem, I connect at 52k or 54k to
Green, 50k or (mostly) 52k to Red, but I use Red because in my experience
it's much more reliable, and at 52k pushes the data through as fast as
Green at 54k.

But it will depend on where you're calling from, because that changes the
telco path. And it definitely depends on the NAS at the other end. My
daughter uses a graphite iMac and gets 45k to Virgin but was telling me
last night that they're getting 34k or 36k to Claranet.

It will also depend on what else you have connected to your line. The
figures I gave above were for when the modem was sharing the line with a
Sharp fax machine. It broke, and I exchanged it for a Brother fax; the
connect speed to Red dropped to 45k to 49k. If I disconnect the Fax it goes
straight back to 52k. This is no desperate hardship, but if I'm going to do
a large download, I certainly disconnect the Brother.

-- 
Peter

Re: Which ROMP with iMAC?

#127

Author: kades
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 00:00

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Green should be the fastest connection for demon, and an imac does
connect to green at around 46k. If you are using the imac's internal
modem try and check that the modem description is "apple internal 56k
modem (v90)"

In article <01bf7025$a52c2da0$6626989e@lightning>, Matt Wilson
<matt@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Green appears to only connect at 31k2 with our iMac - should we use one of the
> others?
> 
> (Green connects at 44k ish on the PC).
> 
> Ta for any info.
> 
> - MDW.

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