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K56flex or v.90 modem required, Pacific Bell discribed this problem.
Dial-In Locations where there are Different 56K and 33.6 Kbps Dial-In Numbers
If you have a modem with 33.6 speeds or less, or if you have an x2
technology 56K modem, you must continue to dial into the current 33.6 Kbps
dial-in number. The reason for this is that our 56K modem pools have been
optimized for K56flex or v.90 modems only. Users who attempt to dial into our
56K modem pool and who do not have a K56flex or v.90 modem will not see
speeds associated with 56K and may experience significant connection and
performance difficulties. Go to the 56K FAQ for help on finding out what kind
of modem you have.
Ed
"Peebs" wrote:
> Just recently my connection to the internet has slowed down incredibly.
> It can take 5 mins or more just to open the home page on my ISP, Wanadoo.
> I am on a dial-up 56K modem which reports a speed of around 45.2Kb/s.
> When I try to go to a website I will ofen get just the top of the page and
> then the modem activity stops for ages. It might then restart for a few more
> bytes and stop again. My ISP says that they have no problems and that the
> cause is a MSWinXP upgrate damaging Norton IS. No-ne else seems to have heard
> of this problem. I reinstalled NortonIS but of course I need a 20mb down load
> to bring everything up to date. I simply cannot get the download as the
> system is so slow.
> I also notice that on the status report on the connection (click on the two
> computers icon) I get masses of errors on the receive side. Just to contact
> his board I have received 155Kb and incurred 253 errors - increasing as I
> write!! Is thisa level of error normal? What could cause the errors?
> I have not added any new progs to cause this to happen, it just suddenly got
> very slow.
> Any help or advice greatfully received.
>
Dial-In Locations where there are Different 56K and 33.6 Kbps Dial-In Numbers
If you have a modem with 33.6 speeds or less, or if you have an x2
technology 56K modem, you must continue to dial into the current 33.6 Kbps
dial-in number. The reason for this is that our 56K modem pools have been
optimized for K56flex or v.90 modems only. Users who attempt to dial into our
56K modem pool and who do not have a K56flex or v.90 modem will not see
speeds associated with 56K and may experience significant connection and
performance difficulties. Go to the 56K FAQ for help on finding out what kind
of modem you have.
Ed
"Peebs" wrote:
> Just recently my connection to the internet has slowed down incredibly.
> It can take 5 mins or more just to open the home page on my ISP, Wanadoo.
> I am on a dial-up 56K modem which reports a speed of around 45.2Kb/s.
> When I try to go to a website I will ofen get just the top of the page and
> then the modem activity stops for ages. It might then restart for a few more
> bytes and stop again. My ISP says that they have no problems and that the
> cause is a MSWinXP upgrate damaging Norton IS. No-ne else seems to have heard
> of this problem. I reinstalled NortonIS but of course I need a 20mb down load
> to bring everything up to date. I simply cannot get the download as the
> system is so slow.
> I also notice that on the status report on the connection (click on the two
> computers icon) I get masses of errors on the receive side. Just to contact
> his board I have received 155Kb and incurred 253 errors - increasing as I
> write!! Is thisa level of error normal? What could cause the errors?
> I have not added any new progs to cause this to happen, it just suddenly got
> very slow.
> Any help or advice greatfully received.
>