very SLOW modem

[eshort]

am in hotel..have toshiba Libretto 9P100/32 ram-win95b) with Megahertz 56K modem---connects at approx 37K but downloads are so slow as to render the computer useless--i estimate download speeds r in vicinity of <100 cps!!! Modem is properly installed and tests OK in control panel>modems etc.

I tried resewtting modem to lower speed (transmission and receive)..no help---did 'ping" test and get traveltimes of approx 560ms to various test sites (very slow).

Hotel phone line is quiet and has good volume for regular telephone calls.

any suggestions?? I suspect switcher issues in the neighborhood :(

the last time i tried to access, windows shut down indicating "protection error" on BSOD.

This machine worked perfectly at home base prior to trip (naturally!!).

[reboot]

Hotel phones go through any number of switches, switchboards, and other pair gain things, as well as innumerable A to D conversions. I'm surprised it will even connect.

[glc]

Disable V.90 and let it connect at 28.8 or so, see if that helps.

[eshort]

came home today..comput works fine at home location although I note load time for the ISP program has slowed a bit...

i tried everything (ie lowering modem speed, changing init strings--even palyed with Vcache size etc--nothing helped..must ne he motel had a very old phone system...i couldnt even load this forum page!!

[ja83]

You already said the problem, Fifty-Six kilo.

[tyrantfour]

you said that