this is the latest from earthlink: thoughts?
Dale Dear Dale Goodvin, Thank you for contacting us. To resolve the issue you are having you will need to update your modem drivers. A modem driver is a piece of software that allows your modem to work the communication software on your computer. Modem manufacturers come out with updated Software every 2-3 months generally, so we update the drivers on the modems here whenever a new version of the driver software comes out. If you don't update the software on your modem what will eventually happen is that your modem will not be able to establish and maintain a connection with our modems and eventually you wont be able to connect at all. When your modem dials into us it hits our modems and then attempts to negotiate a speed to transfer data back and forth with our modem. When the drivers are too far out of date it is basically as if our modems where speaking one dialect of Chinese and yours is speaking another dialect. So while not all of the communication is lost, the majority of the information is unrecognized. This is why the connection will often drop when going from one web page to another or when trying to download email. Think of it like the oil in your car. Left unchanged your car will start to lose performance & eventually won't even start anymore. In this scenario, your modem is about 6000 miles over your last oil change date :-) Here are a few of the most helpful 56k modem websites around. Please check them out for further information on helping you with your 56k modem connection problems: http://www.vee90.net http://www.808hi.com/56k/ http://www.56k.com/ http://www.modemhelp.org/ http://www.modemhelp.net/ -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
