Rishi, What Eric says is essentially correct. You should first call Earthlink about this to obtain information from them about a local access number that will support 56K. Then you will still be limited by your phone lines and other things. I connect to my ISP at 48,000 with my 56K modem. That is the fastest I will get, but if I use some of their other log on numbers I will connect at 33,6 or even slower.
Earthlink should be familiar with the iMac's modem and should be able to help you achieve a better connection.
I did have one kind of 56K modem and I wasted my money because my ISP didn't support the protocol and I just connected at 33,6, so I had to buy the other kind of 56K modem and then I connected at certain phone numbers at 44,000 or 46,000 at first and now consistently at 48,000. They say that I don't connect at the 56,000 because of the limitations of my phone lines but I decided not to quibble about the small difference and I'm satisfied with the 48,000 baud rate connection for now.
I confess not understanding Eric's pretty diagram. Thank goodness I don't have to understand very much, to use my Mac. LOL!
Linda |
