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Compaq S6020wm modem problems
Anyone else had problems with this modem being very slow (Agere Win
Modem)and have latest drivers installed? Anyone have any idea's to help me out? Thanks for any help |
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First, you should know that Lucent changed their name to Agere, so it might
also be called Lucent Win Modem. It was called the latter on my S4020WM, which preceeded your S6020WM by a year or so. So I probably have the same modem as you. The link to software and driver downloads for your model is as follows, but nothing is listed: http://tinyurl.com/ywprs Wait awhile. It took about 2-3 months after I purchased my model before they started listing anything. If you want to look at the equivalent page for my model it's at: http://tinyurl.com/xhp8 I got a driver update for my modem (apparently the same as your modem) through ordinary Windows Update, the same driver as is listed at the above URL. How slow is your modem? Mine typically connects at 40-45 Kbps on earthlink dialup. That's not the fastest, but it's pretty good. I've had up to 48 Kbps in the past with a different computer & modem from this location. I've seen recommendations on this NG to replace the modem, but it's good enough for me. I don't do much except NGs and email anymore. I don't really care if a web page takes a little longer to download, because I don't use the internet very much anymore. It has become too unfriendly & dangerous. -E "Bond 007" wrote in message ... Anyone else had problems with this modem being very slow (Agere Win Modem)and have latest drivers installed? Anyone have any idea's to help me out? Thanks for any help |
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How slow is your modem? Mine typically connects at 40-45 Kbps on earthlink dialup. That's not the fastest, but it's pretty good. I've had up to 48 Kbps in the past with a different computer & modem from this location. The modem connects at about 49 or so but seems like it takes forever to load a web page or go from page to page. This is on my brother-in-laws computer and I'm not sure what dial-up is like anymore since I have a cable modem which makes everything slow. Thanks for your input. |
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Bond 007 wrote:
How slow is your modem? Mine typically connects at 40-45 Kbps on earthlink dialup. That's not the fastest, but it's pretty good. I've had up to 48 Kbps in the past with a different computer & modem from this location. The modem connects at about 49 or so but seems like it takes forever to load a web page or go from page to page. This is on my brother-in-laws computer and I'm not sure what dial-up is like anymore since I have a cable modem which makes everything slow. Thanks for your input. Unless the phone lines are perfect, the connect speed you are seeing is very good. No matter what speed you can achieve, dial-up is going to be very slow compared to broadband, especially since web site developers load up with adds, images, etc which are not friendly for dial-up users. Q |
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Thanks for the info, its been a long time since I used dial-up but it
seems the other computer he had was much faster at downloading pages, masybe there is a seting in internet explorer I can change to help it out. Thanks again Unless the phone lines are perfect, the connect speed you are seeing is very good. No matter what speed you can achieve, dial-up is going to be very slow compared to broadband, especially since web site developers load up with adds, images, etc which are not friendly for dial-up users. Q |
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Bond 007 wrote:
Thanks for the info, its been a long time since I used dial-up but it seems the other computer he had was much faster at downloading pages, masybe there is a seting in internet explorer I can change to help it out. Thanks again Unless the phone lines are perfect, the connect speed you are seeing is very good. No matter what speed you can achieve, dial-up is going to be very slow compared to broadband, especially since web site developers load up with adds, images, etc which are not friendly for dial-up users. Q It's a little late, but check the Internet Options control panel/ General tab/ Settings button. In the Check for newer versions, select the same setting as the "fast" computer. Q |
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