A quick note before I get booted AGAIN…. I am having major probs with my dial up at the moment am only able to get on for round 10min at a time and most trys at uploading pics is unsuccessful so unfortunately I am not going to be able to comment on anybody’s work much until I get it sorted please bear with me I miss you all
coralie
mikrin, 9 months ago
Good luck with your dial up. You are right though, dial up sucks big time!!
Margot Kiesskalt, 9 months ago
I vaguely remember something from years back about a particular model of Telstra handset causing this type of problem – it had a cyclic charge which (don’t quote me) caused enough voltage variation on the line for a sensitive modem to drop the connection. Even if you don’t have a Telstra handset, you might want to disconnect all other devices from the line (eg. handsets, faxes, answering machines, etc) and test your modem connection to see if this resolves the problem. If it does, then you can progressively reconnect each device and test to see if you can isolate which is the problem device. Or you might just have a poor line (if so, you might be able to hear noise/crackle on the line via your telephone handset). Your telecommunications provider might be able to test the line quality remotely. Also, it might be call waiting (incoming call) causing the modem to drop out – it is all coming back to me now!! There was a key sequence you could put into the modem initialisation string to disable call waiting for the duration of the modem connection….
You’re right – 56k is pretty untenable, particularly with large image uploads/downloads.
Hope you solve your problem!
velveteagle, 9 months ago
Hope it gets better soon.. I do so envy others who have cable … I am on dial up also.. I do not get a chance to view as many others as I wish…
Donna Teleis, 9 months ago
also on dial up….....no fun….....i am considering getting a wireless card…....