Re: "Modem Boosters" and Connection Speed

The determining factor in dialup connection speed is the condition of the
phone wires, both inside your home, and on the poles from your home to the
phone company. You can take care of the home wiring yourself. Get a long
phone wire and connect your computer directly to the terminal box on the
side of your home. If the problem goes away you know where the problem is.

An aside. I just went through having problems fixed with my DSL. When ever
it rained, or was very humid, my connection speeds would decrease by about
90%. The 6th technician finally was able to verify my problem as he was here
when it was raining. The cause? There was a yellow jacket nest in the
connection can on the pole. This nest was across my two phone terminals and
also to the inner case of the can. Whenever the nest "sucked moisture" my
signal was either partially shorted or grounded. The tech removed the nest
and I have been fine since.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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

"Pete" <petesworkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uH%23UhX6mFHA.320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have an interesting problem. I have XPsp2 home edition. I always used
> to
> connect (dial up) at 46.6 kbs and now I fluctuate between 28.8 and 46.6
> (about half and half). AT&T (my ISP) can not help - after they run
> through
> the various boiler plate back and forth conversations with you in the
> network newsgroup, they end up telling you it could be a router problem,
> or
> construction, da.da.da.da. - its a joke.
>
> Anyway I was wondering if there is such a thing as a "modem booster" (I'm
> not talking about the accelerator that compresses graphics and has its own
> cache), that may enhance my modem and tweak the various windows settings
> (these are words I read on searching), so that I may connect at 46.6 like
> I
> always used to. I don't want to mess with anything that isn't 4 or 5 star
> rated, if you know what I mean. Plus if I did download something to
> "enhance" my modem, can it be uninstalled (for sure).
>
> I am not a computer guru, but my limited knowledge and common sense tells
> me
> that it may not be possible to increase your connection speed, by doing a
> simple download. I am basically talking about the connection speed
> (although I'm sure there may be other inherent performance improvements
> associated with a "modem booster" also - which would enable you to surf
> faster). By the way I have found that accelerators act erratically, can
> cause conflicts, and do more harm than good (on both my old ME and my new
> XPsp2) - so I do not use accelerators.
>
> I have an Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem (driver 2.1.51.0 - dated 3/4/05),
> and
> my XPsp2 is only 3 months old.
>
> Please let me know if there may be a way of increasing my connection speed
> (dial up is painstaking enough as it is), and stopping the fluctuations
> (i.e. I used to always connect at 46.6 before the fluctuations started).
> If
> you need more info, I will be happy to provide it. Thanks.
>
> Pete
>


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