got my 1520 yesterday...but slow modem speed

Got my 1520 yesterday...its great!!! ....but only one problem....when i connect to the internet via dial up i connect at only 28.8kbs and pages load really slowly...its not the line caue i connect just fine with my other laptop and desktop ...im using vista home premium btw.....any suggestions or advice???

 

dial up is so old school. you should really upgrade to at least DSL...

 

i get 18mb/s with comcast...look into it

 

Dial-up slowness is likely due to your modem being a V.92. Your ISP may not support it. Call your ISP and see if they can help you put in some "Extra Initialization Commands" for Vista to slow the modem down to V.90 only speeds. Likely they can set it to whatever speed your other PC gets. I am pretty proficient with XP and modem settings (I worked for an ISP for years), but havn't a clue where to put them in Vista.

 

I didn't think anybody used dial up anymore.... BTW - Vista requires a high speed connection in the requirments. Because of this, they didn't change any of the dial up stacks for tcp/ip like they did on the ethernet and wireless sides. I concur about contacting your ISP though. Most likely need some init strings. might want to check out modemhelp.net too.

 

As amazing as it may sound the majority of the US doesn't have access to high speed internet... So don't waste the guy's time telling him to upgrade to a service you're not even sure he's capable of getting. I'm sure he's heard of Cable/DSL and will buy them when they are available to him or he sees them as beneficial to him.

 

i think a wooden modem mite help =o

 

Your right though but he might not even be from the US.

 

Right on! There are still people that live in rural areas in this country of ours, not too mention telephone co-ops that keep out the big ISP's in favor of their own jacked up, over priced service. Here DSL is the only high speed offering and it's priced at 60 dollars per month for up 800 kbps. It's a RIP OFF!

 

I am forced to use dial up.. I'm in a rural area.. theres nothing here but trees, potato fields and cows.. lol..

28.8 kbps.. that's typical.. it's dial up, it's going to be slow. period. end of story. 56kbps is just the 'theoretical' max speed of the modem. not like you're ever gonna get that kind of speed unless you live next door to you're ISP lol..

If you're ISP supports 1.92 instead of the typical 1.90 then you'll get double the speeds.

 

dang... 60 bucks for DSL?? i only pay 13 bucks a month. thats ridiculous!!

 

are you sure thats dsl and not dls?

 

Keep in mind that the US Government limits the highest speed so you wouldn't even get 56kbps if you plugged in at your ISP's building. If you are in a rural area, I really doubt you are going to get much else. I am sure they are old lines. Plus, sounds like you are a good distance from the ISP anyway. Like others have said, call your phone company to check on v90 vs v92 and then try some init strings. check out www.modemhelp.net for more info on init strings.

 

Their website says DSL. What is DLS?