What may be wrong with my dial-up connection?

Question

when I connect to the internet my connection is not constant each time. Sometimes its a bit fair and sometimes its goes to worse. I mean my connection can be 4.8 mpbs and when I disconnect and connect again it may change to 26 mpbs. When I tried with another line and the connection was good as 52 mpbs. what my be the cause?

Answer 1

I assume this was done at home? If so it sounds like the line feed to that jack has interference in it. Modem speeds will vary by the amount of line interference that it has to cipher out. So you are not getting a good connection on that jack.

Answer 2

Why is my connection slower at some times and faster at others?

If your internet performance has recently slowed down, or your speed/performance varies from time to time, you should consider:

The time of day you are connected--the more people using the Internet, the slower your speed will be.

Your hard disk is full or needs to be defragmented.

You downloaded/installed a program which may be conflicting with your Internet connection. Remove suspected program or contact the provider for further instructions.

If your Internet demands have outgrown your Internet connection speed, you can upgrade to a faster technology which delivers reliable, high-speed Internet access. ISDN, DSL, T-1, and T-3 services in most areas. Call us to find out if these services are available in your area.

Problems Connecting Via a Dial-up Connection:

Here are some of the most frequent login problems:

Forgot to restart computer. If you installed new software you have to restart the computer, otherwise it normally won't work.

Check for wrong password, wrong username, no username, misspelled username, mis-capitalized username or password.

Maybe your caps lock key is active. Make sure that your username and password is all lowercases and no spaces in-between. If your modem dials and you hear it connect but you can't do anything, this is likely the problem. These are the most frequent reasons for people calling technical support!

Wrong telephone number (you don't need 901 if you are in the 901 area code). Try dialing the telephone number using a standard telephone. Does a modem answer? If not, you may have a wrong number. Use 843-6000 or 843-4044.

You may need 9 to dial out if you are in an office. Again, you can test this by using a telephone and dialing the same number your computer is trying to dial. Usually you can add this by adding a 9 and then a comma to the phone number. (ie. 9, 843-4043)

Do you have call waiting? This will cause problems by interrupting your connection. You can temporarily disable your call waiting by adding "*70," before your dialup number, but your phone line has to support turning off call waiting (ie. "*70,333-6000"). If not, you can call your local phone company and request for this service. Or you can get a second phone line specifically for your modem and fax.

Wrong modem port selected. Make sure everything is cabled up and working. Use another program to test the modem. Make sure you know which port it is connected to. Make sure the software knows too.

Check the password again, as this is often the problem.
You may have some other modem software that has taken over the modem and won't let go. This kind of problem is hard to figure out. The best thing to do is to look and see if you have other programs that use the modem, and make sure they are deactivated. Fax managers and unneeded internet dialers are the most common culprits.

You may have a computer or modem that isn't working correctly. See if the modem can call anyone else besides Try AOL or a regular phone number and see if it works.
If you receive an error message stating that your computer could not negotiate a compatible set of network protocols, check once more to make sure that your computer is configured properly. See settings below:

Dialup Phone Number: 901-843-9304
Primary DNS: 216.37.64.2
Secondary DNS: 216.37.64.3

The dialer does not always tell you if you are logged off. If you suspect that your connection has died, try closing it, then open the connection again.

If you are having trouble, often turning things off and restarting the computer can work wonders.

The wonders of the Internet!

hope this may help

Answer 3

First 4.8 mbps is not slow 4.8kbps is slow. Everytime you dial up you get a different connection depending on how many people are using it will determine the speed. Try find the two ISP phone numbers that provide the best speeds and stick with them until they become slow and then switch again. The solution would be to upgrade to dsl or cable where the most of the time they are somewhat stable in speed.

Answer 4

Yeah, you need DSL. Verizon has a really good deal that my family and I are on!

But...hey, I had dialup for how many years before finally switching over? Mine did that sometimes. Is it always like that? Restarting seemed to help when mine acted up. Sometimes too it could be your PC memory. Do you have an updated XP version? Even if you do, make sure the hard drive isn't clogged up. My DSL was slow before I used CDs for all my files.

Answer 5

The effective speed for dial-up varies for a number of reasons, all combined for a net results.

1. Effective speed will vary depending on the then current phone line usage. Your dial-up signals are mixed in the telephone cables with other phone and data users. If the line is clogged with users then your signal speeds drop. But the effective speed will vary.

2. Effective speed will vary also on the other end of your connection. If that site is clogged then your speed will be slower.

Answer 6

you mean kbps, not mbps.

The slower line has lots of connection points (splices, splitters, etc) in the phone wires themselves inside the house. Modems work best when you have minimal connection points before you finaly hit the interface coming into the home. This is most likely how the good line is.

Answer 7

1st thing modem speed is measured by : kbps "kilo bit per second"
2nd thing this is normal and ur communication network is the main controller of ur speed "usually its allowed to some users to use the same conecction but its divided on number of users like example:100 people in area A to use 10000 kbps connection or ur ISP

Answer 8

If you consistently get a good connection from another phone socket, I would have your wiring checked in the faulty one. If you are using another phone cord and it works, perhaps the old cord is faulty.

Answer 9

Another factor may be line noise. If you have electric equipment in your house that starts and stops periodically, the interference can degrade your connection.

Answer 10

good answer rockstar. It can be your location and the users in your area. If many people are using the same network as you, then your available bandwidth decreases. You might as well buy a cable modem and Network card for your home and you wont have these problems.