Any way to speed up dial-up?

dannygirl · 06-26-2008, 05:28 PM

I'm running Vista with 2gig ram, brand new machine and 56k voice/fax modem. Unfortunately I cannot get DSL where I am and am not favorable to getting Comcast to do cable internet. It's too expensive right now for us.

Is there any way to actually speed up dial-up? I know a lot of things claim to boost speed but do they really?

AlfaBetiSpageti · 06-27-2008, 04:14 AM

No, there is nothing that can be done. The capacity of the line can in no way be increased.

Some programs will use compression-so that you can load webpages faster. But it's not really speeding your connection.

purple · 06-27-2008, 08:16 AM

Back when we had dialup we switched from netZero to another one that offered the picking a number based on speed/usage. It worked alot better than NetZero, even with it being the cheapest plan. I've never seem much that really speeds up dial-up which is the reason so many people are pushing to get broadband/cable/fios. Do you live near anyone you can borrow wireless from? We shared with the next door neighbor on and off for almost a year.

tanner · 06-28-2008, 12:14 AM

Go to DSL instead? You are pretty much stuck with what you have right now. I have not been on dial up since maybe 95-96 if that?

dannygirl · 06-28-2008, 02:51 AM

I didn't think anything would work but had to ask just in case. Tanner, I would love to get DSL as I had it before I moved here but unfortunately, it is not available yet. Apparently the lines are too old and incapable of the service. So I will deal with dial up until it eventually gets here.

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dannygirl Status: Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 50 Credits: 33	Any way to speed up dial-up? I'm running Vista with 2gig ram, brand new machine and 56k voice/fax modem. Unfortunately I cannot get DSL where I am and am not favorable to getting Comcast to do cable internet. It's too expensive right now for us. Is there any way to actually speed up dial-up? I know a lot of things claim to boost speed but do they really?

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dannygirl Status: Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 50 Credits: 33	that's what I thought I didn't think anything would work but had to ask just in case. Tanner, I would love to get DSL as I had it before I moved here but unfortunately, it is not available yet. Apparently the lines are too old and incapable of the service. So I will deal with dial up until it eventually gets here.

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06-27-2008, 04:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
AlfaBetiSpageti Status: Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 64 Credits: 36	No, there is nothing that can be done. The capacity of the line can in no way be increased. Some programs will use compression-so that you can load webpages faster. But it's not really speeding your connection.

06-27-2008, 08:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
purple Status: Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 50 Credits: 29	Back when we had dialup we switched from netZero to another one that offered the picking a number based on speed/usage. It worked alot better than NetZero, even with it being the cheapest plan. I've never seem much that really speeds up dial-up which is the reason so many people are pushing to get broadband/cable/fios. Do you live near anyone you can borrow wireless from? We shared with the next door neighbor on and off for almost a year.

06-28-2008, 12:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
tanner Status: Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 53 Credits: 45	Go to DSL instead? You are pretty much stuck with what you have right now. I have not been on dial up since maybe 95-96 if that?