6. Phone company equipment. I once had a similar problem and the phone
company tracked it down to the use of a particular kind of switching box
they called a "slick-something" (it has been a few years). It was used
to add more connections without running more lines. When I was lucky
enough to not connect through this piece of equipment I would get a very
clear 51k connection. When I connected through one of the added lines,
it would be very unreliable. I seem to remember that slowing down the
connection to 48k helped, but it never really went away until we moved.

Ben Myers wrote:
Wow, this goes back a few years for me.

Possible causes:

1. Bad telephone wiring on premises.
2. Bad wall jack.
3. Bad cable from computer to wall jack.
4. Faulty modem.
5. Incorrect software drivers for modem.

... Ben Myers

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:30:04 GMT, John Hale
wrote:


Hi, I recently helped a friend get a G6-233 back on its feet by
reformatting its hard drive and reinstalling Windows 98 SE. I then
installed the V.90 upgrade (75022725v.exe) for its modem, a Telepath for
Windows with X2, model 6000728.

He dials in to a local university account to access the web and to Juno
for his e-mail. When he connects, he gets almost 51K connections.
However, at times the modem will start to dial, then just drop out. He
then has to totally shut down and then restart his computer one or two
times to get the modem to make a successful connection. Any suggestions
on what I need to do to give him more regular connects? Thanks,

John Hale