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Dud3!
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 Posted: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:08:47 Post Subject: Whoa, sweet! |
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I was going through files on the primary partition on the main HDD preparing to install 2K when I got to the "Hayes" folder. It was something I had downloaded before I got the latest driver from the Hayes website, and I saw a thing called "WALLY.EXE" that had an icon of Wally from Dilbert. I clicked it and it opened a flash program for the modem.
I picked V.90 and told it to flash, and a minute or two later it was done. This is the Hayes Accura external modem my dad got for $5 at flea market a few weeks ago BTW.
Anyway, now it's V.90, max speed shows up as 115K in diagnostics now instead of 56K, and I'm hoping that I can jack the port speed up past 115K which is as high as the modem would work correctly at before.
Everything is faster, and I ran www.bandwidthspeedtest.com/speedtest and while connected at 42K, it has 37K throughput. Now if only this phoneline was as good as the old house (50K with a winmodem)....
That was nice surprise! 
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BeerCheeze
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| Posted: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:22:00 Post Subject: |
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Speed is good
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IceNine
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| Posted: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:39:56 Post Subject: |
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Are you getting broadband any time soon?
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Dud3!
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| Posted: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:13:18 Post Subject: |
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No.  Only options are ISDN (overpriced), dual modems/phonelines, or Starband bi-directional satellite (overpriced).
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IceNine
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ISDN is overrated...
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| Posted: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:51:19 Post Subject: |
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My In-laws just got Comcast Satellite ISP (and digital TV) and the price was pretty good for everything they got.
If your interested I'll get more details from them, and for a fee pass that info on.... 
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