Hello Gil,
On 09-Mar-00, you wrote:
>> On 08-Mar-00,* Liam*, of Planet Eros, wrote these Wise Words:
>> ... I always get between 5,500/5,600 all the time,
> Consider yourself lucky!!!
:-) :-) :-) "Thanks"
> For a week a while ago, I could NOT connect at anything
> over 28800!!! I was getting about 2500 most of the time.
That sounds a bit grim....
> My buddy George never gets under 4500 with his Pentium system
> and its 56k modem. I know, for I have watched it a lot of the
> time...
Same with Pee Cee owning friends I know too :-)
>> Alot of people are amazed at the speeds I'm getting is this
>> normal???
> You are lucky. A lot depends on factors not having anything
> to do with your system. That is a key consideration!
The only factor outside of my machine is that I asked my phone
company to bump up the gain on my line.
> A year ago, the local phone company tech told me, for what
> it was worth, that I would never get even a 52k connection,
> which a 56k modem is capable if everything is perfect. I have
> a LOT of old farts living in Chilliwack, and the guy said that
> all those old rotary dialers they insist on keeping really
> screw up modem speed! Seems they make the whole system
> "noisy" and affect everyone's speeds... : (((
Well, Never Trust an old farts!! "They Stink" :-)
> Maybe someone else has different info, but that was right out
> of the guy installing ASDL (or whatever it is called...)
Cheers Gil, BTW: Where the hell did the town name of CHILLIWACK
come from, Or dare I ask. :-)
Regards
-LIAM-
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