DG>Chances are, it isn't the phone lines in your house, but the phone
  >lines & hardware at the central office.  A 56K modem = a 33.6K
  >modem if you're calling someplace that doesn't have a digital
  >connection (i.e. most boards).
Have yet to connect at 33.6 yet the USR modem text says my line supports
X2!
DG>Twisted pair (3 pairs, I think) is standard still.
I have two insulated wires twisted together in half the house.  Green
and red connected in the other half.
  >If you want to be fancy, replace it with Cat 5 cable, but odds are
  >it won't fix the problem, because the problem probably isn't in your
  >house.
What is Cat 5?
  >If Cat 5 doesn't work out, you could always rip out the
  >phones and replace them with a 100mbps Ethernet.
Sounds expensive.  I only have one job...
  >Cost to rewire would depend on how many feet of wire and how the
  >wire runs are, but you could probably do it yourself pretty cheap,
  >most of the cost will be labor.
If I chose to hire someone to run the wires through the walls, who would
do it, an electrician or a telco person?
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