need a good 56k modem..

[kaZ8Teen]

yea im still using 56k

but i need a modem that will actually got at 53 kbps. anybody know what brand/model is good?

 

[dragonballgtz]

This is the card I use. I did notice a nice little increase in speed. Like when I use Kazaa my downloading speed around 5.6-7.0Kbps per second. Compared to my other crappy modem which did like 3.0-4.5Kbps

 

[fell8]

Yeah, USR is the only modem I've never regretted buying.

 

[Sheriff]

I have used Conexant (ie USR, GVC, CNet) and Rockwell chipset with greta success (52K+) but keep it mind that it's the phonelines that will determine the speed no matter how good the modem is.

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: Sheriff
I have used Conexant (ie USR, GVC, CNet) and Rockwell chipset with greta success (52K+) but keep it mind that it's the phonelines that will determine the speed no matter how good the modem is.

To an extent... some modems like some ISPs more then others. With Earthlink dialup I used to get about 3K/sec with a Rockwell chipset software modem... with a USR Hardware modem I got around 5.5K/sec... quite a different between modems.

 

[Sheriff]

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: Sheriff
I have used Conexant (ie USR, GVC, CNet) and Rockwell chipset with greta success (52K+) but keep it mind that it's the phonelines that will determine the speed no matter how good the modem is.

To an extent... some modems like some ISPs more then others. With Earthlink dialup I used to get about 3K/sec with a Rockwell chipset software modem... with a USR Hardware modem I got around 5.5K/sec... quite a different between modems.

Yes different Modems and chipset will connect at various speed depending on the ISP (ie V90 or 56KFlex) but no matter what you have, if the phone lines have static or are crappy, the Modem connected will have lesser performance

Edit= No single phoneline can travel @ 5.5K/sec as the top speed is on analogue is 53.3 kb/s or 5.33 K/sec

 

[fell8]

Originally posted by: Sheriff

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: Sheriff
I have used Conexant (ie USR, GVC, CNet) and Rockwell chipset with greta success (52K+) but keep it mind that it's the phonelines that will determine the speed no matter how good the modem is.

To an extent... some modems like some ISPs more then others. With Earthlink dialup I used to get about 3K/sec with a Rockwell chipset software modem... with a USR Hardware modem I got around 5.5K/sec... quite a different between modems.

Yes different Modems and chipset will connect at various speed depending on the ISP (ie V90 or 56KFlex) but no matter what you have, if the phone lines have static or are crappy, the Modem connected will have lesser performance

Edit= No single phoneline can travel @ 5.5K/sec as the top speed is on analogue is 53.3 kb/s or 5.33 K/sec

Oops, mixing-up your formulas. 53.3 Kb/s @ 8 bits per byte = 6.66 KB/s.

 

[Sheriff]

Oops, mixing-up your formulas. 53.3 Kb/s @ 8 bits per byte = 6.66 KB/s.

Yea to much caffeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeen this morning thanks for clearing that up

 

[jacktesterson]

Aopen have never been a bad modem im my experience