Re: dual modem for dial-up

No program is going to speed up a download through a modem. You get what the
ISP and modem deliver - period. There are services that can speed up web
page loading, because they cache the most looked at web pages on a local
server. Therefore your computer does not have to go searching for it - going
through a million (slightly exaggerated for emphasis) interconnects to find
it!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:datnko$2oe$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> There's always that software that is claimed to speed up downloads
> (depending on what you are getting).
> www.onspeed.com
>
>
>
> "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
> news:ud9d6ZghFHA.3256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Google for "modem bonding" to find out about the obsolete
>> technique. It is twice as fast as using a single modem, but
>> DSL and cable are 25-100 times as fast. The ISP must
>> support it and will charge extra for the service.
>>
>>
>> --
>> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
>> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>> some support
>> http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3jeivhFpg98mU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> |
>> | "Don Taylor" <dont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> | news:dPidnSkvkt8GnU_fRVn-2Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> | > "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> | >>hcross writes:
>> | >>> thanks for the replies... i'll have to ask. but,
>> there's only one
>> | >>> phone line and my parents can't afford to have a
>> second line
>> | >>> installed.
>> | >
>> | >>Don Taylor wrote:
>> | >>> I happened to see a silly gadget marked down for
>> closeout at Radio
>> | >>> Shack. It is the reverse, one modem that two computers
>> can connect
>> | >>> to, at
>> | >>> the same time or not. Either computer can provoke it
>> to make the
>> | >>> call, once the call is made one or both can be using
>> the net connect,
>> | >>> etc. That doesn't double your speed but might make
>> competing for the
>> | >>> open phone line a thing of the past. $50 on sale, I
>> think.
>> | >
>> | >>How to configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows
>> XP
>> | >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126
>> | >
>> | > And XP Internet Connection Sharing has a reputation for
>> being
>> | > cranky and difficult for many people to make work
>> dependably.
>> | >
>> | > Search the net and find people's problems with this one.
>> | >
>> | > I tried for a month or more and finally gave up on
>> making it work,
>> | > even after using kb, books, the newsgroup, etc,...
>> | >
>> | >>--
>> | >>Shenan Stanley
>> | >> MS-MVP
>> | >>--
>> | >>How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> | >>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>> |
>> | One thing that many people don't consider is whether their
>> ISP will allow 2
>> | simultaneous logins. The big ones usually don't. If that's
>> the case, then
>> | you need to have 2 accounts. So you're paying for 2 phone
>> lines, and 2 ISP
>> | accounts and you're tying up 2 phone lines at once.
>> Broadband starts looking
>> | like a better bargain.
>> |
>> | And depending on what you're doing with the computer,
>> those 2 connections
>> | may not make a difference. It doesn't speed up anything if
>> you're just
>> | browsing because the 2 lines aren't really combined,
>> you're really just
>> | connected twice. So if you're, for example browsing while
>> you're
>> | downloading, you'll probably see some improvement because
>> one connection is
>> | doing the browsing while the other is downloading.
>> |
>> |
>>
>>
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>


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