pimpin_228 0 Posted August 9, 2001 is there anyway to get better downloads from the net ,is there certain kinds of phone lines or somethen to get better downloads and all i get is bad pings some please help Share this post Link to post
EddiE314 0 Posted August 9, 2001 any number of things could affect your phone lines, from bad wiring, line noise, modem problems, isp problems, etc. try this: when you open your dial-up dialog where you click "connect", instead click "properties", located the drop down menu where you modem is selected, click the "configure" button and check the following: -Enable Hardware Flow Control/LCP extensions -Enable modem error correction -Enable modem compression try doing that and if it don't help come back and i'll give you a few more tips. Share this post Link to post
Dirty Harry 0 Posted August 9, 2001 What speed(s) are you connecting at and what's the max supported by your modem ? Meanwhile, after checking EddiE's suggestions you can try the following too: - Your modem is correctly installed, no exclamation marks in device manager, right ? - Test other ISP's, line quality varies. - Bad pings (if you mean you get replies but they are slow)are propably not caused by a bad phone line, but by bad or crowded ISP. What are your pings ? Get one of the visual ping tracing tools (try Tucows and the gang) and see where on the route your problem starts. - Get a download manager (Go!zilla, Flashget etc), they open several download channels at once and you can utilize your bandwidth to max - have the phone company check the quality and the "noise" on the line. Check the wiring & cables (especially self made ones) Wouldn't ISDN/ADS/Cable be an option ?? H. Share this post Link to post
