🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:44:58 -0500, "Paul Gronke" <gronke@duke.edu> wrote:

>I had always been told that the limit on connect speed is my "slow phone
>lines."  but I was able to routinely connect over the holidays at 44K in
>Dover DE over holidays and at 128,000k (!) in Williamstown MA (from a 100
>year old home) over the last week.

The 128K just means that you do not have the correct .INF file for your modem
so it uses the port speed if it is over 33K.
>
>I can't believe it is the equipment in my area, which was developed in the
>late 60's and 70s (decades later than either of the two areas mentioned),
>unless I am missing something.

It has to do with your line.   Try it on a neighbor's line etc.  
>
>Does anyone in the Triangle area ever get a fast connection to any ISP?

Oh sure-  statistics at some local ISP's show that a large percent of users
connect over 33K.

I also got 48K or 50K when I used a modem.
>
>What is frustrating is that the slow connections (and inability to ever get
>a Duke connection) is seriously impacting my work. 

> I can't get ADSL (not in
>my area) or cable modem.

Are you sure -  what area are you in?    How far are you from your telco
central office (put your number into www.mapquest.com) ?

Time Warner just released cable modem service in the Triangle.

As for DSL, there besides GTE, Covad is installing DSLAM's in GTE central
offices and you may be able to get at least 144K IDSL from a Covad ISP.