RS> I have the Zoom 56K internal and log on to a few bbs'.  The maximum
RS> connect rate I get to a board using a USR 33.6 is 31.200.  I think this
RS> is a limitation of my phone lines, not the modem.
 Sorry but you will never possabibly cxonnect to a BBS at 56K. It is a 
specisal Portocal that will only connect ot a Central Office Switching 
tation
at that speed where IF you are caling an Internet ISP and it is a Digital 
Switching Station within Several miles of your home it will possabibly make a
50+ K connect. The Connection has to be PERFECT thouhg as the protoical is 
particualrly suspectable to line noise. 
RS> Does anyone know what it costs to upgrade the wiring in your house
RS> (average) from the old twisted pair (what I have) to newer stuff?
 If you are getting a good phone line connection right now that is Nothing 
ou
can do to make any difference. A copper to copper connection from yuor Phone 
or Modem to the Phone company connection on the side of your house is as
good as it gets untill your Phone company goes to a Fiber Optic system. You 
can have an ISDN line installed maybe. But it is Very Expensive and they 
Charge by the Minuter to use it. And then even then is is only ca[pable of 
28
K IF yuo use Both carriers. It is like a two line system you can either use 
two devices at 64 K or one at 128 K. This is a gross generalization but it is 
basicly correct.
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