modem speed

As a general rule, a 56k connection can't happen in the real world. The speed at which you connect, depends on everything involved in the connection. This include the phone line, your computer, your service provider among other things.

No, changing com ports wont matter. You can get a real idea of your bandwidth potential at pcpitstop.com, test internet connection, download speed. If 46k is your actuall throughput consider yourself lucky, most modems linger around 30k or less.

Answers one and two are correct. You can make sure in the modem properties that the connect speed is set to the maximum amount which is around 115,000Kbps. Although it will never connect at that speed, if it's set to say, 48,000 Kbps, you could belosing some of your speed. Connections vary because of many factors which include the quality of the analog line you're dialing on, the trunks picked up through the TelCo Central Office, the speed of the receiving modem at your ISP, etc. All of these factors will give you whatever the lowest speed is among all of those factors. The best I ever get at home is 53,333 which is pretty darn good, so check your modem maximum speed in the Control Panel and see if you can speed it up a bit. Also, if you consistently get lower speeds on certain local access numbers, check to see if there are any others and try those for a week or so at a time to see which one gives you the best speed. Happy surfing!

As the other answers stated, you are getting a decent connection.

Improving the speed further depends on a number of factors.

The simplest to try is alternate phone numbers for your ISP. While it doesn't make intuitive sense, the closest physical location of your ISP may not give you the best connection.

Check your phone lines. If possible, connect your computer directly to the phone line termination with the rest of your wireing disconnected. If your speed improves, 1 or more of the phones in your system, or the wires themselves, are causing noise that reduces your connection speed.
You can next plug the site wireing back into the system, and unplug devices one by one to determine which device(s) are causing the problem.

Next, come the wires between your house and the central switch. At 46,666 the phone company isn't apt to improve the lines for you.
However, if you have DSL installed, that might get the phone lines replaced. Then, cancel the DSL and use the betterphone lines.

Of course, most people can't stand to go back to dial-up after having broadband. So use that as only a last resort to improve the phone lines.

Chas

I agree, adding that the biggest factor is, in fact, the quality of the phone line. I have moved several times in the last two years and have found varying speeds at all locations using the same PC and modem.

Well its the same as our connections here..56k but connected only 46666...and sometimes 43333...so we ask about our ISP about that...and they say that, it happen because our telephone line is away from the line. means to say if you are near from thetelephone line you get a lot of speed, so i think you're far away to the service line.......

Are you using internal modem......(used external i guarantee you there is a increase of performance..

By the way, What is you Internet Service Account..is it 56k or 33k?

hope this can help to your ???

Well its the same as our connections here..56k but connected only 46666...and sometimes 43333...so we ask about our ISP about that...and they say that, it happen because our telephone line is away from the line. means to say if you are near from thetelephone line you get a lot of speed, so i think you're far away to the service line.......

Are you using internal modem......(used external i guarantee you there is a increase of performance..

By the way, What is you Internet Service Account..is it 56k or 33k?

hope this can help to your ???

hi 56k is the maximum capacity of your modem, you will never be running full capacity.
your modem could handdle 56k, but the speed of data being pushed trhough the cable depends on other factors just like guy on answer 3 said, I also agree with theguys on that 47k is not that bad but try some other access numbers!
Good luck!
MDL3

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