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- From: JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Winmodem 288
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 04:26:02 GMT
- Organization: The Navas Group of Dublin, CA, USA
- Message-ID: <3177159b.25758683@news.aimnet.com>
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- [Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- Pete 'Happy' Thomas <happy@gtalumni.org> wrote:
-
- >Too true! I'm in the 'burbs of D.C.--not a backwater, at all--but my phone
- >lines are so crummy, that I cannot reliably get anything better than 16800--and
- >I often have trouble sending and receiving faxes. The phone company shrugs and
- >offers to come out and fix things with line conditioners, etc.--for $100s. I'll
- >go ISDN (or cable modem (?) as soon as its feasible and a little more
- >economical.
-
- You might try ordering a new analog phone line, and don't accept the
- installation until you can get good data rates. Then cancel the old phone
- line. This has worked for me on a number of occasions when nothing else
- would.
-
- --
- Best regards,
- John mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.com http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
- 28800 Modem FAQ: http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
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