Inferior connection with Spirit Magnum V.92 modem

I'm unable to connect to my current ISP and was also unable to connect
to my former ISP at V.90 56k with my external Spirit Magnum V.92 modem
which supposedly supports this speed connection. The fastest I can
connect is 50666. I know that the ISP supports 56k as I have connected
to it at that speed on other computers.

Does anyone know whether this modem is up to the job? Are there some
special initialisation strings I should be using?

As far as I can tell this modem is a local Australian one so presumably
this question is aimed at compatriots - but I may be wrong in this.

I'm on a Pentium 4 with 16550A UART running Gentoo linux.

On 05/24/05 22:12, Netocrat wrote:
> I'm unable to connect to my current ISP and was also unable to connect
> to my former ISP at V.90 56k with my external Spirit Magnum V.92 modem
> which supposedly supports this speed connection. The fastest I can
> connect is 50666. I know that the ISP supports 56k as I have connected
> to it at that speed on other computers.

> I'm on a Pentium 4 with 16550A UART running Gentoo linux.

50666 ip probably the fastest speed that your modem finds compatible for
your telephone line.

Ciao
Giovanni
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In comp.os.linux.hardware Netocrat <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm unable to connect to my current ISP and was also unable to connect
> to my former ISP at V.90 56k with my external Spirit Magnum V.92 modem
> which supposedly supports this speed connection. The fastest I can
> connect is 50666. I know that the ISP supports 56k as I have connected
> to it at that speed on other computers.
>
> Does anyone know whether this modem is up to the job? Are there some
> special initialisation strings I should be using?
>
> As far as I can tell this modem is a local Australian one so presumably
> this question is aimed at compatriots - but I may be wrong in this.
>
> I'm on a Pentium 4 with 16550A UART running Gentoo linux.

In Canada and the US, modem speeds over telephone lines are regulated to
53kbit/s and typically that maximum is closer to 50 kbit/s.

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