i have a dial up connection on a computer can i increase my speed?

Question

the settings on the modem the speed says 115.5 kbps but when i run internet speed test it gives me 48kbps. what can i do to optimize it to its full potential. what are some good optimizing programs for internet speed

Answer 1

115.5 is maximum and 48 is what you get. Short of going broadband, you are pretty much stuck. ~

Answer 2

Theres no way really of physically making the speed faster, you have to just be careful of what your doing.

115.5kbps is the max speed the modem can go at, but the phoneline can only handle 48kbps. I use dialup, a modem of 56kbps, but my phoneline only allows 52kbps.

For making the net seem slightly faster, use a different web browser, Opera is the best friend of dialup users because you can disable images, so if your searching specificly for text, and don't want annoying adverts, you can just turn images off... this also helps with loading pages because its so much faster.

Also, try to keep spyware to a minimum, using a different browser will help this, and using a spyware scanner once every so often (every couple of days or so) should help remove those spyware that do slip through the net (or those installed on the Windows OSs).

Hope thats been of some help :)

Answer 3

In the US, dial-up modems cannot go higher than 52kbps by law, although the hardware may handle 56kbps. The 115kbps setting is there just in case your modem could handle that speed, but in reality is not physically capable.

The only one thing you can do to optimize your bandwidth is to keep it at a minimum by disabling images on your Internet browser, and blocking pop-ups. But who wants to surf the net without images? Get broadband for just a couple more dollars a month.

Answer 4

i believe there is a website with a programme available to download which gives a dail-up connection the same speed as broadband? Have a search round im sorry that i dont remember the site

Answer 5

All the accelerators do on dial up is cache the pages that you visit so they load faster. Obviously this does not work for surfing.
There is not much you can do with dial up - if broadband via cable or DSL is not available - consider satellite.

Answer 6

some ISPs provide dial up connections with a Dial Up Accelerator. im not sure if it works because i havent tried it. but you might want to call your ISP tech support and ask about it :)

Answer 7

if you can plz get rid out of dial-up you can't improve speed , go for broadband.

Answer 8

Bite the bullet and get broadband and use your ethernet port on your computer.

Answer 9

thats the best its gonna get. when i had dail up. mines was 48 few times it was 52

Answer 10

its not gonna help much tho. no matter how you do, you wont get the download speed up to 20kb/s.