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Gerald, I'm in Grand Rapids Mi and connect via the telephone line of Ameritech-SBC and I connect at 31,200bps which is a darn slow connection considering what other people connect at. Even at this slow rate I have no problem with this forum. How many other telephones are on the same household line, portables?caller ID, hard wire phones. It adds up, especially if you live in an telephone area that has NOT seen an up-grade to it's infrastructure. I had to drop one portable, 2 hard wire phones(extensions) Copper telephone lines were never designed to carry data. Finally, check with your tel co and have them put a test on the line to determine excessive interference/static. I was originally connecting at 28,200bps and the tel co did come out and cleaned up the line bumping me up to 32,200bps. The standard 56k modem can move date date at a maximum rate of 56,000bps. Impossible to achieve on the old fashion copper tel line.
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