On Saturday 23 June 2001 23:28, KompuKit wrote: > oh yeah...I seem to be connecting ok...in windows...right now.] And you can tell nothing from that connection since windows almost always misreports the speed as maximum. There are two protocols in use.... One goes to a codec at the phone co and through a local T1 with 23 other lines to run on two pairs of phone wire to the ISP and be demultiplexed to 24 lines of signal. This is DIGITAL and 56k capable (one way) but limited to 53k by the FCC and further taxed by a channel management load. The other is an analog line directly connecting to your ISP through the phone exchange. Much harder to maintain, because a bad line in the middle of a bank of modems or a bad modem for that matter blocks all those above it in the rotor or hunt... Unless some poor sap is being frustrated by being hooked to the bad one while you are dialing in and you can leapfrog past him to the next good one. These are 33k capable, period. Most digital modems plus the T-1s plus all ad up to a chunk of change for the ISP. 33k is less than half the price but higher maintenance. For most winmodems, you will find the ISP gimmicking his modems to drop the data rate to keep the poor things running. The ones in Gateways two years ago were notorious ISP-bane. Anyway, Kit, what you have is that the phone company codec is down or the connection switching to it is down, so the ISP has to use analog lines and cannot boost the data rate past v.34 specs. And all the connection help we can give you will do absolutely nothing at all until the hardware situation is fixed, or the switching software at the phone co is fixed or until you find a better service provision avenue. Civileme > > For some reason...when I NOW connect to my ISP, using > a external modem...I can't connect with no more then a > 30-33k connection...and it keeps disconnecting every > few minutes...and re-connecting...why is this? > and HOW do I correct this? > > I have 8.0 running... > > all this started when ...last week, I couldn't connect > to the ISP...with their local access numbers. > (before, I used to always connect with 47-53k) > I was on the phone all weekend...and then on monday, > after again trying to straighten out, what was believed to be > a ROUTING problem with the phone co., later that night.... > I was able to again connect, but at much lower speeds...then > I was before...I don't understand...anyone know how to fix > this.
