What's Up Wit Da Speed?

It sounds to me like the driver you downloaded is not the right driver for your modem. That can easily happen, the differences are often subtle.

I think I would try re-installing the original driver.

paul

The driver you have installed could be the primary cause,go to manufacturer site and get the latest driver for your model.
After that you have to make sure that your ISP supports 56k and also the phone line may hinder your connection speed.You can also insert S11=50 BY OPENING Modem>Properties>Connection Tab,click Advanced button and add line in extra settings box.

Call your telephone company and test the clearance of the line. you might have some static. If you live in an area that has no data cables or data switches installed then thats all you getting buddy. FCC require phone companies to supplie atleast 9600, so they dont give a Sh#t if you get more than that.

You did not say if it was faster before you downloaded the driver, so I suspect a settings issue, after getting hold of the Phone company to test for line noise , and bod speed, get hold of your ISP and have the Tech walk you through the settings, there may be an issue that he/she can resolve. Last but not least , deep scan for a virus/worm as this is one of the symptoms of that type of nasty. Nearly forgot , if you use a LOT of freeware , their attached Spyware is hogging the bandwidth attempting to phone home.

I can't tell you anything the other folks haven't already told you, but I can tell you which ones I think would be the most probable causes. If, in fact, the driver you loaded up is the latest version then you would need to go in and change the settings to not only the highest ratings of the card, but those that match your ISP. Since ISP's use different technologies it is important to get in touch with them to verify what settings you should be using.

The other highly probable cause is line noise. People tend to think that this only happens with older homes that have dirty copper wires, but I can attest to the fact that it also happens in new neighborhoods with brand new houses. I was quite disappointed to find out that not only didmy home builder use Cat 3 cable in liue of Cat 5 cable which I had requested, but they had cut and spliced it a couple of times which degrades the signal quality within the line. Have your phone company test your line for throughput AFTER you have made sure that your modem settings are correct. The phone company may charge you upwards of 50 bucks just to check anything and they still might not fix it. It isn't worth paying if it doesn't fix anything, especially if you find out later that theproblem could be fixed for free through help from your ISP (with your settings, that is). Good luck.

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