My parents and i live four miles apart. There connection speed is 28.8 kbps, mine is only 26.4 and it makes a huge difference in page down load time. Why is this and how can I get mine up to where his is. He has an old lap top I have a new computer? Are there ways to increase dial up connection speed? Will changing service providers increase this?
2006-12-17 00:59:48 · 7 answers · asked by sirtimbre100 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Let's start by doing a little math: You are talking about a 10% speed difference... You should not be spending a microsecond more thinking about this.
If you want an increase in SPEED, then get DSL from your phone company or High Speed internet from your cable company. Either one will be TEN TIMES faster (or more).
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2006-12-17 01:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are using dial up and you both are getting your internet service from the same internet service provider(isp),and you use the same number in dialing then the differnce is because of local area,if you are closer to the area code that you dial its number for connection then usually your speed would be higher.though it depends also on how much the server is busy.and how much services you are getting from the same provider at a time.
2006-12-17 01:11:55 · answer #2 · answered by runny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all has to do with what Local Loop you are in. the closer to the digital facility of the telco the less impairments there will be on the line.
The smaller the signal to noise (SNR) means connecting at a higher rate. 28.8K, 33.6K and 56K modems all connect to the head end at the ISP to a ISDN modem bank.
56K modems are marketed as such but the FCC only allows connection rates as high as 53.3K then you add in overhead, etc. you may get an actual data transfer rate of 15-25Kbps. so you can image what the real data transfer rates are for 33.6 and 28.8k modems..
2006-12-17 01:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are both using dial-up service with a modem, and your connection speed is only as good as your internet service provider. If you must use dial up, consider getting Net Zero.
http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=YAHOO0504NXP
they do have a high-speed dialup, but the fastest dialup is still only going to be 56k, provided your modem will handle that. NetZero is reputable, and their prices are comparable with other dialup ISP's.
2006-12-17 01:06:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of reasons!
The quality of the line, get an engineer to check, the distance from the exchange, the ratio your ISP has per connection, ie. 50:1 is 50 sharing 1 connection!
2006-12-17 01:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually its distance from the central office. you generally cant change dial up speed but what you can do is use a memory cash program from an isp that reserves page elements in memory. also you can check to see if your isp has dsl services.
2006-12-17 01:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be the wiring in your home or your ISP. If you have bad pairs in your jack or out to your Telco box this will effect your speed. Your phone lines could also be multiplexed which causes line noise. I would first try another ISP just to be sure.
2006-12-17 01:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Wyleeguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋