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- From: supervoz@linuxtj.tij.cetys.mx (Rodney Brooks)
- Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP (Very slow 14400)
- Message-ID: <11c7cc$32838.4a@news.ak.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 08:33:38 GMT
- References: <30E4744A.2EA0@netvision.net.il> <4c6d18$ch9@news.accent.net>
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- jdoucet@accent.net (Jacques Doucet) wrote:
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- >Yossi Beck <yosibeck@netvision.net.il> wrote:
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- >>URGENT HELP REQUESTED....
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- >>I have a 14400 modem Hayes compatible.
- >>I understand it should give me a download rate of 14400 bps...
- >>Yet in netscape I see the web pages come in at 400 - 800 bps !!
- >>Also in ftp I download at a rate of 200 -- 600 bps!
- >>Why is that? Is my telephone line so bad? Is the modem setup
- >>wrong?
- >>Init string????
- >>What should I try ? How can I test my telephone line (how many bites
- >>it is capable of transferring).
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- >>PLEASE SEND ME SUGGESTIONS. (preferably by email and not in the
- >>newsgroup, I don't want to bother the rest...)
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- >>Thanks, Yossi Beck
- >> yosibeck@netvision.net.il
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- >Friend
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- >I have a USR Sportster 14440 internal .
- >I have the same situation as you . That is , a slow 500 bps dowload
- >Often I find miself at 200 bps . Bad telephones lines ?
- >I am not sure . Because I used the same modem for Fax once in a while
- >and it seem ok
- >I would happy to have a bps of 1.0 k
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- >If you have a solution I would be happy to know .
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- >jdoucet@acceent.net
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- My hat is in the ring. I was expecting a improvement 6 times
- greater than the 2400 modem I used to browse with (no, I'm not
- kidding!) but, lo and behold, the performance is maybe 30% greater
- (and that's with no images).
- That's 3 questions, hope someone has an answer!
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