Dial Up Issues ...

[MrJag]

sorry to hear your stuck on dial up atm,
its been so long since i had to use it i can hardly remember how crappy it was anymore
but back when i was useing it , i was connected at 46k and a friend said call the phone company and tell them you hear static on your phone, i didnt have any static that i could hear but i did like he said , called them said ther was alot of static on my phones , well they sent someone out and they put in filters or what ever and from then on i connected at 52k .... still crappy but a better lvl of crappy

if your not going to be stuck on dial-up for long, shorten your line , and call the phone company to see if they can lessen the noise on your line any , i wouldnt buy any modems or spend any cash on it

good luck

[Markorak]

Yea, that is basically what I said... Though I havent heard of the static thing... but with my dial-up --> DSL All we did was called the ISP and told them that we have 4 comps on it and that it is unexceptable. they made it much faster, because I heard from a computer tech that they cant see your connection speed, but they will raise it up some.

[Damilis]

Something else to think about in addition to shorter total line distance and surrounding EMI is other phones on the line. If you have multiple phones throughout the house all on the same phone line, try unplugging them from the phone jacks before you connect. Newb suggestion, but dont forget to disable call waiting.

[gokudavid]

All of this helped out greatly. I can now stay connected. Thanks for all of your help guys!