Geeks: dial-up speed for Chilliwack?

[u2slow]

If anybody even uses dial-up anymore..... I'm trying to find out what sort of speed the phone lines will support in the rural Chilliwack area (say Yarrow/Cultus).

I want to find out if upgrading from a 33.6k is worth it. :lame

[mabb]

Since you ought to be able to get a 56K modem for nearly nothing and the modems automatically adjust to optimum speed ... go for it.

[Bronco Boy]

What's dial up? :clown

[SizzleChest]

you mean to tell me that dial-up is for real? i thought it was just one of grandpa's made up stories from back in the 30s

[mabb]

you mean to tell me that dial-up is for real? i thought it was just one of grandpa's made up stories from back in the 30s

That's right: kick a man when he's old!
Why, I can remember 300 baud modems!
In fact, I remember when computers ran on big reels of magnetic tape and punch cards and there weren't any modems.

[u2slow]

Since you ought to be able to get a 56K modem for nearly nothing and the modems automatically adjust to optimum speed ... go for it.

Its computing over phone line - but not Internet.

I suppose I could trial & error with some cheap modems first... A pair of async 56k modems are a little spendy only to find out the line won't support better than 33.6k :soso

[vince69007]

i think i have a 56 external modem plugs into your parallel port i believe, if i can find it you can have it for cheap. pay shipping/.

[Road Dog]

I suppose I could trial & error with some cheap modems first... A pair of async 56k modems are a little spendy only to find out the line won't support better than 33.6k :sosoFirst, all modems are 56k these days.

Second, an internal modem is $18 these days. It's not even a case of beer.

Third, all laptops and some motherboards already have a modem built in.

[SizzleChest]

That's right: kick a man when he's old!
Why, I can remember 300 baud modems!
In fact, I remember when computers ran on big reels of magnetic tape and punch cards and there weren't any modems.

i'm just kidding. i served some time with modems. back in the mid ninetys, a 14.4 modem was my gateway to the universe.

[u2slow]

They are $250USD modems for this type of application.

I may have to try it out with some cheap modems... I was hoping somebody had a "all I could get was xxx bit connections when I lived out that way".

[HSOK]

Someone post some pictures so he has to wait 20 minutes to read the replies.

[mabb]

I think he's trying for an independant, peer-to-peer system; not using dial-up to access the Internet. Still ought to be able to do this with a standard modem *tries to think back that far ... let's see ... something about "look out for the dinosaur!" ... then a 'splat!' ....*

[u2slow]

I think he's trying for an independant, peer-to-peer system; not using dial-up to access the Internet.

Correct.


Still ought to be able to do this with a standard modem...

Nah. The modems are used to multiplex and un-multiplex multiple serial terminal sessions over a phone line. We're talking old-school host systems here.

Turns out Shaw did a big boo-boo on our static IPs, and may be the root cause of the unreliable Internet connectivity.

[raskal]

Turns out Shaw did a big boo-boo on our static IPs, and may be the root cause of the unreliable Internet connectivity.

Shaw screw up??? Tell me it ain't so!!!

:violin

[westcoaster]

On a single line in Burnaby to various locations in vancouver, and one in squamish and one in Whistler. I typically connect at 28.8 and somtimes around 33.6.

This is one usrobotics 56k modem to another using dialup networking (PPP)

I then open internet explorer and hit the remote ip address to do the programming I need.

It is not clear in my mind if my speed limitation is from the equipment I am connecting to or the phone lines. I suspect it is the phone lines otherwise I would always connect at a single speed (ie 33.6)

[ShaunO]

I have a couple of 1200 baud modems at work that we use for our fuel systems. I'm actually afraid to move them in fear that they may break!