Am 2008-02-03 12:07:11, schrieb Douglas A. Tutty: > You're probably too far away from the telco's D/A converter to get 56K. > Welcome to dialup-for-the-rest-of-us. ??? Sorry but, in Turkey where I have a haus at the end of the world and there I am using V.90 and get over 5 kByte/sec and the ISP with its Modem-Pool is in Ankara (arround 400 km distance). > It also can depend on the quality of your modem. Some modems are more > resistant/tolerant of noise on the line than others. I use a 3Com (USR) > Courier (NOT sportster). These V-Everything modems (external serial) > are supposed to be the best in the world. New, they cost hundreds of > dollars. I purchased mine off eBay for $50 (+ S/H). OK, I am using Sporster and V-Everything too... :-) ...ver 12 years now and I can confirm, they are VERY High-Quality and have NEVER failed. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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