-=PCTechTalk=- Re: dial up connections
- From: DavisUnit <davist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:48:23 +0200
Ouch for sure.
I haven't really tried looking for an external unit since I resigned to
the low speed fact for the last 10 years. I'll now keep my eyes open
after hearing about your discovery.
Terry
Jo Ann Weaver wrote:
> 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
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>Then there's people like myself who connect at 26.4kbps ;)
>I'll try your suggestion if I find one that cheap!
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>Terry
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>Jo Ann Weaver wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>Just wanted to tell any of you that are still on dial up connection like me
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>>of my experience. I've heard that what kind of phone lines you have and
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>>how close you are to the telephone company can affect your connection speed
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>>With a 56k internal modem I have always got a decent connection speed 49
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>>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
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>>for three dollars like I did <grin> )
>>Jo Ann
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