Is there anything that can be done? Slow modem

[Guest]

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OK, I'm using a USR PCI 56.6 v/f/m modem. I can never connect at any
speed higher than about 33 kbps or so, often quite a bit lower. It's
not the line... I have another system that connects up around 50 kbps,
and this is also the second phone line I've had it connected to with
the same results. The faster computer has also been hooked to both
lines, with better connections on both.
Time for a new modem? This one has always been like this, I don't seen
much sense in buying a new one to have it do the same thing.
Thanks.

 

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On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:35:59 GMT, bizbee wrote:

> Time for a new modem? This one has always been like this, I don't seen
> much sense in buying a new one to have it do the same thing.
> Thanks.

I've got a Zoom in my old box. When I first got it I was connecting at
around 46kbps but that's dropped to 38kbps. I've got a USR Performance Pro
in this box and *always* connect at 49.2kbps. The newer modem gets better
performance so I suspect you'll see the same thing.

--

-Jeff B. (who heard a rumor that broadband will be arriving in a year)
yeff at erols dot com

 

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 00:30:38 -0400 in
<ctvhvkn7xjft.dlg@lemming.militia.com>, Yeff <zoomie@fastmail.fm>
graced the world with this thought:

>On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:35:59 GMT, bizbee wrote:
>
>> Time for a new modem? This one has always been like this, I don't seen
>> much sense in buying a new one to have it do the same thing.
>> Thanks.
>
>I've got a Zoom in my old box. When I first got it I was connecting at
>around 46kbps but that's dropped to 38kbps. I've got a USR Performance Pro
>in this box and *always* connect at 49.2kbps. The newer modem gets better
>performance so I suspect you'll see the same thing.

I have a strong suspicion you're right. Not a lot of money, really, in
any case, but naturally I would prefer not to spend it. These OEM
modems are highly suspect, IMO, anyway. I got this computer, the modem
blew in two days. I called, they overnighted me a new one (I had some
specified period of time to mail the other one back to them), which is
this one. It used to connect a <little> higher, but never really went
above 38 or so. I figured it was the line.
Then I bought a Sony with a Lucent modem in it, and it regularly
connects, using the same phone line, at 48+. After sitting dormant for
about a year, I decided to bring the Dell back out and set it up, and
forgot about the connection speeds.
Oh, to top this off, I was trying to check for a newer driver, and
went to the USR site. I dl'd a wizard that will detect your modem and
tell you what exact model it is that you have. It comes back, telling
me it's not a USR modem. Odd... Dell told me it was a USR modem, and
when I look in the device manager, that's what it's listed as.

Of course, nothing surprises me anymore.

 

[Guest]

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USR handles support for its retail-packaged and its OEM modems differently.
Finding drivers for an OEM modem on the USR web site is like pulling teeth, and
the USR wizard is keyed to recognize only the retail brand modems. Pull the
modem from the system, write down the USR part number and poke and prod around
the USR web site for the part number, or look in a web site area that has OEM
info in it.

Or maybe say to heck with the USR OEM modem and go for a replacement?

.... Ben Myers

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 05:14:48 GMT, bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 00:30:38 -0400 in
><ctvhvkn7xjft.dlg@lemming.militia.com>, Yeff <zoomie@fastmail.fm>
>graced the world with this thought:
>
>>On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:35:59 GMT, bizbee wrote:
>>
>>> Time for a new modem? This one has always been like this, I don't seen
>>> much sense in buying a new one to have it do the same thing.
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>I've got a Zoom in my old box. When I first got it I was connecting at
>>around 46kbps but that's dropped to 38kbps. I've got a USR Performance Pro
>>in this box and *always* connect at 49.2kbps. The newer modem gets better
>>performance so I suspect you'll see the same thing.
>
>I have a strong suspicion you're right. Not a lot of money, really, in
>any case, but naturally I would prefer not to spend it. These OEM
>modems are highly suspect, IMO, anyway. I got this computer, the modem
>blew in two days. I called, they overnighted me a new one (I had some
>specified period of time to mail the other one back to them), which is
>this one. It used to connect a <little> higher, but never really went
>above 38 or so. I figured it was the line.
>Then I bought a Sony with a Lucent modem in it, and it regularly
>connects, using the same phone line, at 48+. After sitting dormant for
>about a year, I decided to bring the Dell back out and set it up, and
>forgot about the connection speeds.
>Oh, to top this off, I was trying to check for a newer driver, and
>went to the USR site. I dl'd a wizard that will detect your modem and
>tell you what exact model it is that you have. It comes back, telling
>me it's not a USR modem. Odd... Dell told me it was a USR modem, and
>when I look in the device manager, that's what it's listed as.
>
>Of course, nothing surprises me anymore.

 

[Guest]

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On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:27:34 GMT in
<41123520.4461776@news.charter.net>, ben_myers_spam_me_not @
charter.net (Ben Myers) graced the world with this thought:

>Or maybe say to heck with the USR OEM modem and go for a replacement?

given the hassle involved, and the fact that it probably won't do
anything anyway, I think this is the way I'll go... lol

 

[BigJim]

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I would try to replace it with a hardware modem.
The modem does the work and not the cpu.
Make sure you get one that is compatible with your ISP
and what I mean is that, if your ISP is running V.92 then get one that
is V.92 compatible. Most new modems are V.92 ready.
"bizbee" <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:j2hQc.9474$9Y6.399@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> OK, I'm using a USR PCI 56.6 v/f/m modem. I can never connect at any
> speed higher than about 33 kbps or so, often quite a bit lower. It's
> not the line... I have another system that connects up around 50 kbps,
> and this is also the second phone line I've had it connected to with
> the same results. The faster computer has also been hooked to both
> lines, with better connections on both.
> Time for a new modem? This one has always been like this, I don't seen
> much sense in buying a new one to have it do the same thing.
> Thanks.

 

[sparky]

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Tony wrote:

> I've got a new Dell PC.
>
> Would an external modem make it run faster on the net, copper telephone
> wire.

Depends, what speed are you connecting at now?