Subj : Dial-up modem
To   : All
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Feb 29 2012 12:08 am

  Re: Dial-up modem
  By: Digital Man to All on Sun Feb 19 2012 03:48 pm

 >   Re: Dial-up modem
 >   By: Digital Man to All on Fri Feb 10 2012 01:10 am
 >
 >  >   Re: Dial-up modem
 >  >   By: Digital Man to All on Wed Feb 08 2012 12:32 am
 >  >
 >  > The new ($12 external USB) modem came today and it appears to be working
 >  > *better* than the internal (GVC PCI): I can at least make a connection
 >  > from a remote system, but the best rate I've been able to achieve was
 >  > 28800/21600, rather than the 33600/33600 that I would expect. Please let
 >  > me know your experiences with the new modem and I'll be keeping an eye
 >  > on the logs. It might be time to bring an old-fashioned USR external
 >  > modem out of retirement.
 >
 > The driver for this USB modem is causing my system to lockup, so I'm not
 > going to be using it. I'll be switching to an old-fashioned RS-232 external
 > modem this week.

"Upgraded" to an old USRobotics 56K external Sportster (and applied a firmware 
upgrade to get V.92 support). I still haven't been able to get better than a 
21600/26400 connection from my test line/modem, but at least it doesn't 
interfere with my system's operation like that USB modem was. Maybe you'll have 
better luck with the connection rates. Let me know!

                                            digital man

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