Modem speeds 200 bytes/s :((

[Akash 0]

hi again

 

i have a 3com USR message modem and i noticed ever since yesterday (31st march) download speeds were as low as above 200 bytes/s it would start very fast like 9kb then drop a lot. max i have had is 500b/s and as u can tell i am not pleased! port speeds in ctrl panel are at its highest. I have changed phone leads and also drivers. I tried 3 different ISP's but its the same

 

Anyone help? please reply back thanx

[rbarbier 0]

Did you mess with your registry at all? Install any "Boost" software? Tried any "tweaks". Let us know and we can go from there.

[Akash 0]

hi

 

i havnt touched any of the reg. settings

and as far as tweaking

i tried to download tweakdun

but 50b/s its way to slow and keeps timing out

[rbarbier 0]

Are you on a network? Did you do anything with your network setting?

[Akash 0]

nope no network card either

i formatted already twice

so its not that

[rbarbier 0]

Do you have access to a friends modem. You might have a bad modem. They do go bad. Do you have dust in your case? Try "blowing" it out with air and moving it to a different slot. Is this a Win modem? Not too familiar with it. Check your bios also. Maybe you changed somthing there.

[Akash 0]

nope its external pretty nwe

USR message modem

its not dusty at all

bios was left alone didnt touch it at all

as for network what could it be then?

[rbarbier 0]

Did you contact the phone company? Maybe there is line noise now. Since you are trying 3 different ISP then I don't think it could be a network problem because each ISP connection has its own settings and I don't think all 3 could be messed up? But to make sure goto Network and Dial-up connections. Then right click on the connection. Then properties. Then Networking. The make sure only Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is enabled. And make sure only PPP:Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Interent is shown. Try this but sounds more like a phone line problem with the phone company. When you pick up the phone do you hear static?

[Akash 0]

network settings are fine

no static on phone either

i have contacted them thres nothing wrong

[rbarbier 0]

I know it isn't much help but I would suggest exchanging the modem. Maybe the modem got "surged". Only thing I can think of now. If you want an external go for a USB if you have a USB port available. Sorry I couldn't be more help on this one.

[Akash 0]

hey no probs thanks anyway

[jetbl 0]

sounds to me like your phone line is jacked up. Go check the bridge, make sure the lines aren't badly mangled.

 

I think that's the prob, if everything else is okay.

[Akash 0]

hey

 

phone company is fine

i tried win98 and its fine on there

actually got over 6kb/s which was a record

 

now what? hehe thx

[rbarbier 0]

Clean up your "temporary files" in Internet Explorer. I was told by Earthink that this will slow things down alot. Right click on Internet Explorer Icon and then Delete Temporary Internet files. Might take a while. Also clear your history. Then goto advanced and restore defaults. Let me know if this helps. If not I got more and more suggestions.

[Akash 0]

nope lol it didnt work

as i said i had formatted and so there would be nothing there but still its slow

i used to have a huge temp folder but it never gave me 50b/s

 

thx

[rbarbier 0]

Is this a serial modem or usb modem? Goto system..device manager...then ports (com&lpt) then click on the port your modem is on. Then Port Settings. Make sure bits per second is 115200, Data bits 8, parity none. Stop bits 1 and flow control Hardware. Then advance and make sure Use Fifo is checked and everything is max. This is pissing me off just as much as you. rrrrr

[Akash 0]

tried that already (

lol

tell me more!!!