alright before you even start reading this don't give me a stupid response like "dur dur dur dur get DSL/Cable" or some junk like that if it was available out here I would have it its not so I can't.
Heres the problem: couple days ago it rained pretty hard nothin out of the ordinary though. My dial-up speed has normally been anywhere between 45.5 kbps to 49.2 kbps and its held between those numbers for well over a year, now out of no where it has drastically dropped down to 24 kbps (which is what im currently on now and I had to fight with it to get it there) I am now normally connecting around 14.crap kbps now I know this has nothing to do with server congestion/time of day etc. because of the fact that this has never happened and what like 900 billion people decided to buy a computers yesterday and all decided to go w/ dial-up to slow me down? That is not likely. If anyone can help me out here and get back up to my 45.5 kbps it would be most appreciated. I'm open to suggestions
2007-01-05 07:11:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Moisture in the phone boxes causes noise on the lines. Big reason that the modem would slow down... it has to filter out, and find the signal in all that hash!
Have the CO ring out the lines. They will run a high voltage (Ring is 180VAC p2p), that will blow out any cross connections of wet spiderwebs, etc.
Then, they test the noise levels, and possibly send out a technician...
2007-01-05 07:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heavy rain could have caused some problems. Call your ISP. I think they would be the best people to talk to find the answer to your question. You're fortunate that your dial-up speed remains fairly constant. The speed I get ranges the whole gamut. Many times I have "dialed up" and have gotten a very low speed - 4.6 kbps. I immediately disconnect and then reconnect to find it at a much higher speed. I don't know why, but as long as the disconnecting/reconnecting results in a higher speed, I'm not going to worry about it.
2007-01-05 07:35:53 · answer #2 · answered by Oenophile... (Lynn) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a simple answer... more people are online and you get less bandwidth, that and the fact that you cant always connect with the same bandwidth. Its not possible! I sometimes (when I had dialup) got 45 kbps and others in the 11 kbps range.
2007-01-05 07:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could be that a telephone line got knocked down somewhere between you and your ISP. If so, your connection would get routed around another way and that could be slowing you down going through another area.
2007-01-05 07:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋