Just checked my 56k connection, I am on at 115k????

[normajean]

Is that possible???

 

[Keego]

Not unless you paid a lot of money to get it (and have 2 modems or an ISDN modem which uses 2 phone lines)


Windows can get confused about modem speeds sometimes.

 

[RSI]

Some modem drivers tell you that you connect at 115k, and no it's not possible, and no it's no really at 115k nor will it "go" that fast. Update your driver, or specify in the settings "57600" instead of "115200" for bitrate I believe.

It will make no difference though. Browse around, are you going fast? I didn't think so. Download a file. Are you getting 10-15KB/s? Probably 2-6KB/s, am I right?

-RSI

 

[wedi42]

its just your port speed (the speed between computer and modem)
dont change anything

 

[normajean]

didn't try to download anything. I didn't think you could go above 53..legally on a dial up. Some gov't crap.

 

[LAUST]

<< its just your port speed (the speed between computer and modem)
dont change anything >>

 

[CocaCola5]

I get 115k also I find it really equal about 48k, mostly 4-5.5KB/s sometimes though I can get 10KB/s.

 

[Viper GTS]

Unless you install the correct modem driver, the dial-up connectoid will report the port setting. Yours is set at 115K.

It is inaccurate, as has already been stated.

Viper GTS

 

[bozo1]

To be more specific, the .inf file that windows installed for your modem does not have the speed defined that your modem is connecting at. For instance, if you connect at 50666 and that is not defined in the .inf file, windows will just report the port speed. Your modem manufacturer should have an updated .inf or they are just lazy and didn't define all the possible connect speeds for your modem in their current one.

 

[khtm]

<< I get 115k also I find it really equal about 48k, mostly 4-5.5KB/s sometimes though I can get 10KB/s. >>


No, you CANNOT get 10KB/s. That would mean you have an 80Kb/s modem. You may think you're getting 10KB/s, but I guarantee that you are not.


<< I didn't think you could go above 53..legally on a dial up. Some gov't crap. >>


That's true. If you read the box that modems come in, there's some warning about a gov't limitation on allowable speed.


-khtm-

 

[CocaCola5]

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<< I get 115k also I find it really equal about 48k, mostly 4-5.5KB/s sometimes though I can get 10KB/s. >>


No, you CANNOT get 10KB/s. That would mean you have an 80Kb/s modem. You may think you're getting 10KB/s, but I guarantee that you are not.



-khtm- >>


You're right, but how do you explain that I sometimes can download a 1.5M file in a time of 2 minute 30 secs(10KB/s)?

 

[BigToque]

<< You're right, but how do you explain that I sometimes can download a 1.5M file in a time of 2 minute 30 secs(10KB/s)? >>



Things like text files can compress a great deal and come through quickly. Even some large .BMP files come through quite quick.

 

[khtm]

<< You're right, but how do you explain that I sometimes can download a 1.5M file in a time of 2 minute 30 secs(10KB/s)? >>


The only explanation I have is that some of the data from the file you downloaded might have been cached. Or else you're one lucky bastard!

-khtm-

 

[dman]

You can download non-compressed files and the modem's on each end will use a data compression protocol to transfer the data. Thus, the speed between the two modems is still 56KBit/s (7KBytes/s) max. But, the speed from the modem to the PC (after the data is decompressed by the modem) can be quite a bit higher (which is why the port speed is higher than the connection speed by default).

If you transfer a large COMPRESSED file (like .ZIP), the average throughput should not be able to exceed connection speed of the modem (53.3Kbit in the US).

 

[CocaCola5]

<<

<< You're right, but how do you explain that I sometimes can download a 1.5M file in a time of 2 minute 30 secs(10KB/s)? >>


The only explanation I have is that some of the data from the file you downloaded might have been cached. Or else you're one lucky bastard!

-khtm- >>


Yeah, probly cached stuff cause i haven't gotten lucky with large files.