Why are some dial-up ISPs faster than others?
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Santaanacanyon
ANSWERS: 4
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The number one factor is bandwidth. Think of it like this: Assume that bandwidth is a highway. ISP#1 has a highway, but it only has 2 lanes. Now immagine L.A. rush hour traffic trying to use this 2 lane highway. Each car represents one computer online, and you're part of the traffic. Better grab a snickers. ISP#2 has a highway, but it has 12 lanes. Okay so you get the picture now. Other factors include how far away your dialing station is from your house. The longer away it is, the slower your connection will be. My advice....ditch your Dial up and get DSL or Cable. Or, if you can swing it, get your work to pay for a T3 line if you do work at home and write it off as a tax deductable. =)
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Something I see often is : Under your internet settings, you may have IPX, NETBEUI and TCP/IP enabled. Turn off All except TCP/IP. If you think you need NETBEUI, don't worry it will be encapsulated in TCP/IP. If you are sending 3 protocols instead of 1, it WILL slow you down. Like the other submission, I recommend you get broadband. It can be had for @ $25/mo or so.
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One thing I've noticed from dial-up ISP's (I live out in the sticks too :D ) is that national ISP's tend to go slower. I don't know if everyone experiences this or not. I've had AOL, Earthlink, MSN, etc. All of them were extremely slow and kept kicking me off, especially during "peak" hours. I don't really know the techinal stuff regarding ISPs, but if they only have X amount of bandwidth and a lot of customers...sooner or later, something's gotta give. Since I can't get DSL or cable out here, I went with my local phone company's ISP. It has lots of bandwidth, but not very many customers bogging it down. If that's an option for you, I'd try that (if you already aren't) Personally, my internet bill is cheaper than any national ISP I've used and the service is SO much better. Hope this helps you some :D
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I have had the problem of my connection being slow and getting kicked off to. During my investigation of the problem I contacted the Telco that was providing the lines. Their technician explained to me that their lines were not guaranteed to sustain the highest dial-up speed of 56Kb. He suggested to me that if I experimented with the speed setting of my modem I would find a setting that would be reliable. I n my case I have found I get a far better & reliable service now that I have my modem set to a 50.666Kb. If my line was noisier I would need to set the speed lower. Any faster and the line causes errors and slows me down because info has to be repeated after every error. This is easy to do via entering the appropriate string command in the extra settings box of you internet connection. The string required varies with the make & model of modem. Your ISP should be able to give you the details for your modem, or your modem manufacturer.
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