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- From: blockd@dsmnet.com (Dennis Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Hardware for transmision line noise reduction??
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 16:23:44 GMT
- Organization: Dentron Computers
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- >>I live in a far away place in the mountains in Costa Rica, I have not
- >>been able to access the www,because the line has ti much "noise". This
- >>is what I have been told. My computer and Modem Hayes Optima 28.8 work
- >>very nice when I go to the city.
- >
- If the noise is really that bad, you should be able to hear it when you
- make a call. Have you tried changing your software so you speed is MUCH
- slower? Even try 2400 bps, just to see if it works. Keep going up til it
- stops working reliably.
-
- I have found that many people say that noise causes ANY modem problems
- that are telephone line based. This is like saying that ALL electrical
- problems are "short circuits". A loose wire is not a short circuit, but
- that is the only term that they know.
-
- The telephone lines have several parameters that control modem
- communications. Without getting technical, you MIGHT find someone at the
- phone company to help, but here it is next to impossible. A better tact
- is to try a FAX machine on the line. If that does not work well, ask the
- phone company to fix that. They accept the fact that FAX machines should
- work, but they do not accept the fact that high speed p.c. modems
- should.
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