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- From: jcam@galaxy.galstar.com (James Campbell)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 21,600 on a 28,800???
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 03:08:36 GMT
- Organization: Galaxy Star - Northeastern Oklahoma Internet
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- kyle_stevens@ftl03.racal.com (Kyle Stevens) wrote:
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- >JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas) wrote:
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- >>[Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- >>hguarini@msn.com (Howie & Janine Guarini) wrote:
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- >>>I have a 28,800 internal modem that came pre-installed in my Packard
- >>>Bell PC. The highest connection I get to any provider is 21,600. In
- >>>reading a lot of the postings, it seems that bandwidth could be the
- >>>limitation. Could the Packard Bell modem be the problem? Is there
- >>>any
- >>>settings within Windows95 that will maximize modem performance?
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- >>See my FAQ.
- >>--
- >>Best regards,
- >>John mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.com http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
- >> 28800 Modem FAQ: http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
-
- >You will also run into "issues" of chipset (V.34 implementation)
- >incompatibilities between modems of different vendors, and may never
- >get any higher than 21.6 or 26.4 Kbps based on the modem installed in
- >your computer. Your best bet is to check the manual for some specific
- >settings regarding call negotiation, fall-forward/fall-back rates,
- >etc.
-
- >Good luck in your endeavors!
-
- >Kyle
-
- One other suggestion, if you have an answering machine or Caller ID
- box hooked up to the same line (and some cordless phones as well) try
- disconnecting them and seeing if that helps. I consistently get 21.6
- with those devices hooked up and 26.4 or 28.8 without them.
-
- JC
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