On 03/21/2008 07:00 PM, web at work wrote: > > Win 98se was a good OS, so hopefully no one will laugh. > I still have one or two machines that were made for Win 98 > and to not work well with Win 2000 or XP > > A stupid question, but, what is the speed of your modem? > My Win 98 machine came with a 28.8k modem, not the 56k > version. If you have a 28.8k modem, I would go to www.tigerdirect.com > and get a new one. Hopefully you have a PCI slot open. > > I use to live out in the "country" where all there is are > farms and woods. Nice for living, but not good for the > Internet. > > Also you might have to talk to your phone company > to find out why you are having such a slow bit rate. > FCC requires accessibility to a certain level. My sister > had a pulse line and fought the company to get Tone service > since the FCC required it and even the phone company's > answering system required tone to use. > > So check out your modem speed <control panel/modems> > Call the phone company to find out what it the bite rate > your line is rated for. > > Also get a download manager like someone else said. > Dialup connection need them. > > I even found a free full speed dialup system for my area, > but I use Cable modem and digital phone service now. > >
Got it handled... M.Kay contacted me & I'm creating a CD to send on Monday. M.Kay is not too far away, so it's minimal to burn the CD & send. Gary --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
