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    From jb@jbaldwin223@earthlink.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 05:27:25
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Using OS 10.1.5 on an iMac, with a 56K modem

    When I was using OS 9.2.2, my Earthlink connection speed was generally somewhere between 45K and 49K. I believe 49333 bps was the fastest speed
    ever attained.

    I switched to using OSX in recent months, and have noticed that my
    connection speed is now usually around 24K-26K! 21K is not uncommon
    either, and ditto for *19K*. And when I "luck" into hitting a speed in
    the lofty 30s, the connection seems unstable and prone to drop within 10 minutes or so.

    Any suggestions what the problem might be? How to correct it? I have my
    modem properly selected in the Network preferences, as far as I know.
    I've also experimented with various dial-up numbers, to no avail. I'm
    really feeling this speed deficit, when websurfing and
    attachment-downloading.

    Maybe a weblink to show me that the modem initialization string is
    correct?
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  • From Joseph Passante@joe@ehrs.upenn.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:39:49
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    JB:

    My father in law always connects at 23K or slower. Thats Earthink not
    OS X. But check your modem scripts just to be certain

    jb wrote:

    Using OS 10.1.5 on an iMac, with a 56K modem

    When I was using OS 9.2.2, my Earthlink connection speed was generally >somewhere between 45K and 49K. I believe 49333 bps was the fastest speed >ever attained.

    I switched to using OSX in recent months, and have noticed that my >connection speed is now usually around 24K-26K! 21K is not uncommon
    either, and ditto for *19K*. And when I "luck" into hitting a speed in
    the lofty 30s, the connection seems unstable and prone to drop within 10 >minutes or so.

    Any suggestions what the problem might be? How to correct it? I have my >modem properly selected in the Network preferences, as far as I know.
    I've also experimented with various dial-up numbers, to no avail. I'm
    really feeling this speed deficit, when websurfing and >attachment-downloading.

    Maybe a weblink to show me that the modem initialization string is
    correct?




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  • From Jennifer Mullen@jsm158+hacksaw@hacksaw.cac.psu.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 21:31:07
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In <jbaldwin223-D84B53.22270601072003@newstest2.earthlink.net>
    jb <jbaldwin223@earthlink.net> wrote:
    Using OS 10.1.5 on an iMac, with a 56K modem

    I switched to using OSX in recent months, and have noticed that my connection speed is now usually around 24K-26K!
    [...]
    I have my
    modem properly selected in the Network preferences, as far as I know.

    Exactly what do you have specified for the modem?




    J.
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  • From Sally Shears@sshears@theWorld.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 04, 2003 02:23:00
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    jb <jbaldwin223@earthlink.net> wrote:
    : Using OS 10.1.5 on an iMac, with a 56K modem

    : When I was using OS 9.2.2, my Earthlink connection speed was generally
    : somewhere between 45K and 49K. I believe 49333 bps was the fastest speed
    : ever attained.

    : I switched to using OSX in recent months, and have noticed that my
    : connection speed is now usually around 24K-26K! 21K is not uncommon
    : either, and ditto for *19K*. And when I "luck" into hitting a speed in
    : the lofty 30s, the connection seems unstable and prone to drop within 10
    : minutes or so.

    Similar problems... with another ISP, not Earthlink.

    What I'm seeing:
    - Slower connections
    - takes longer to establish the connection... 30 seconds instead of 10 seconds. Also takes 30 seconds for the damn thing to disconnect, was 5 seconds.
    - From time to time the connection just stops, hangs for 30 seconds, then continues.
    - Dropped connections.

    I see the problems with a TiBook, 550MHz, OS X 10.2.3

    The old (better) situation was a Pismo, OS 9.2

    What's up? Is the modem inferrior in the TiBook? Bad/different script? Or what?

    -- Sally
    --
    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    sshears@theWorld.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    http://theWorld.com/~sshears
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  • From jb@jbaldwin223@earthlink.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, July 06, 2003 20:57:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Jennifer Mullen <jsm158+hacksaw@hacksaw.cac.psu.edu> wrote:

    I switched to using OSX in recent months, and have noticed that my connection speed is now usually around 24K-26K!
    [...]
    I have my
    modem properly selected in the Network preferences, as far as I know.

    Exactly what do you have specified for the modem?

    "Apple Internal 56K Modem (v.90)"
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