From: Cottrell, Eric (ecottrell_at_Doble.com)
Date: Mon Jan 18 1999 - 10:52:51 EST
>2. The modem is horrible. It's not my phone line, because both my desktop
>and my Xircom 56k modem using the same phone line can achieve 46000bps
>rates. My el expensivo Thinkpad's modem, shame on it, has only been up to
>32000 max. Any suggestions on improving it? The v.90 upgrade didn't help.
>Or are we all befalled with this same fate?
Hello,
It sounds like you are not connecting using a 56k protocol but using
V.34
protocol (33.6k). Sounds like you need to check a few things.
Does you ISP support V.90 (or the other 56k protocol [X2 or K56Flex] in
the
modem)?
Some modems need parameters in the init string to enable 56K.
There are two sites with information. One is http://www.56k.com and
I cannot think of the other URL but it is the "56K = V.Unreliable" Web
Page. Both give good information on 56k and the problems you can
have with it. I was able to set up the connect string on my modem
(Rockwell-based) to give protocol and speed information in the connect
string.
73 Eric eac_at_shore.net
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