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To: Eddie Kim who wrote (35327)	10/25/1998 3:30:00 AM
From: Lafayette	Respond to of 97611

There is an SI site titled COMPUTER LEARNING. Post your problem there and someone will attempt an answer. Good luck.

To: Eddie Kim who wrote (35327)	10/25/1998 8:33:00 AM
From: S.C. Barnard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

From all I've heard, there are few true 56kbps modems, as the one I have is a USR 56k but is really a 28kbps "mirrored". This means I won't get 56k most of the time, but most often 52k or 48k with an average dialup. Sort of false advertising, you could say.

To: Eddie Kim who wrote (35327)	10/25/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Eddie - There are only a few ISPs who will actually connect at anything over 33K, and NONE who will connect at over 53K. The phone lines are currently not conditioned to handle the full 56K bandwidth. I suspect that what your Toshiba is reporting is the serial line speed between the computer and the modem, which has nothing to do with the actual connect speed. It is probably connecting at 28.8 K which explains the reliable connection. In some testing I did with a variety of modems on a variety of machines, I got a 53K connection on less than 10% of the attempts. I got better than 33K on less than 20% of the attempts. I got 28.8K or better on less than half of the attempts. I would suspect that there is nothing wrong with the presario or your modem setup, you're just getting better information about what kind of connection you are really getting. Results depend on your ISP, your phone company, local line conditions, and even time of day. Having your refrigerator come on can cut your link speed in half if the modem 'retrains' (which they do automatically). Things can get worse - or better - if it is raining. If you want reliable high speed connections, I would suggest either ISDN or XDSL. Analog modem technology is pretty flakey above 28.8K.