-=PCTechTalk=- Re: dial up connections
- From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <hillfarm3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:26:14 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Ouch,
Terry that is slow. My son's name is Terry too. No garage sales till spring,
but have you tried e-bay? You can get one pretty cheap there. Good luck.
Jo Ann
Then there's people like myself who connect at 26.4kbps ;)
I'll try your suggestion if I find one that cheap!
Terry
Jo Ann Weaver wrote:
>Hi,
>Just wanted to tell any of you that are still on dial up connection like me
>of my experience. I've heard that what kind of phone lines you have and
even
>how close you are to the telephone company can affect your connection speed
>With a 56k internal modem I have always got a decent connection speed 49
333
>to 50.600 through three different ISPs. On the other hand my son, with the
>same kind of modem, in three different houses, never got over about 32-33.
>This summer I picked up two external modems at garage sales just because
>they were so cheap, I couldn't resist them as spares. My son needed one
>before Christmas and I gave him one of the externals. Immediately his speed
>jumped to 49.333 with one of the modems. Tried the other one out of
>curiosity, got 50.600. So if you have a slow connection, I certainly think
>it would be worth it to try an external modem (especially if you can get
one
>for three dollars like I did <grin> )
>Jo Ann
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