Excellent post, Bob!
on 5/22/01 rlf9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Buying MMM ended a huge and frustrating waste of time
> for me. The author has been willing to learn the ropes and put in the
> incredible number of hours necessary to come up with effective solutions
> for a plethora of modems.
Heheh...I know this--that's what's keeping me back at the moment from
reserving time at my ISP to eliminate all of the other variables to test
each workable script/modem/configuration. I have to devote a day on at least
2 identically configured 2400s to chase this, also with "a plethora of
modems". I DO believe it will take incredible hours to zero in on
speed/stability issues so delay is still the order of the day. Your comment
below mirrors what I want to better isolate.
I don't know how you can stand to be tethered to an external modem
though--admittedly internal ones can give more problems, but I've had little
problem with PC card modems and I feel EVERY little bit of extraneous bulk
on/around my 2400 (I can live with the external stuff travelling detached in
another bag). After iB2, I appreciate my Type III PC slots ever more (which,
BTW, should also be BlueTooth compatible soon).
>
> Dialups in urban areas are annoyingly slow because of lousy wiring and
> crowded line conditions more than any other factors. Try using alternate
> local numbers if your ISP offers them and you'll see what I mean.
> Whenever I'm in San Francisco dialing out is always a matter of switching
> among several Earthlink numbers depending on the time of day and my
> specific location--including which particular phone outlet I'm plugged
> into. Very annoying. Ah, but when I'm in sparsely settled rural northwest
> Maine, downloads are usually at generally high rates. There, I've
> downloaded at rates as high as 53K.
>
> Modem voodoo is really somethin'. Everyone has a different opinion of
> just what works. This is just my 2 cents worth.
Sounds like I'm part way along your Odyssey. Well worth the 2c!
Sidney Ho
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