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Hello Wayne - 

WC>> Oh well Charles, silly me knowing how often Verizon
WC>> changes it's logon protocols all the time I never thought
WC>> to edit my logon script :-( 56K modem now up and running
WC>> :-) 

CA>> Swapping hardware usually streses me to the point that I
CA>> get forgetful of minor details that come back to bite me
CA>> later. 

WC> The success was limited, back to hardware modem. 

WC>> Not at the previous 50,666 but hope redressing some leads
WC>> may get the higher speeds back up! Currently at some 45k 

CA>> Could be _another_ change your ISP has made to throttle
CA>> down users connect speeds. 

WC> Thought it was the script but manually logging in while
WC> more reliable has beena pain as well. 

Sorry I can't check a standard DUN for W98 here for you. I
suspect the need to bypass the MSCHAP v5 may be one of your
problems (timeouts). 

A 45K connect is nothing to feel bad about it's the best I can
do and I really doubt many do much better. I read about people
doing better but I've never stood at a machine and watched it
do a connect beyond 45.2k so far. Makes you skeptical when you
can't see it for yourself. 

I believe better connects are doable with present hardware but
I also think ISPs throttle users down to what the market will
tolerate to maximize their own bandwidth and oversell their
capabilities. I know some here on FIDO who allow people to use
their system as an ISP admit to doing this as do FIDO sysops
about up/download speeds etc. Seems there is no point in having
the capability to strangle bandwidth if you never use it so
just about everyone uses it? 

Give a kid a gun and a box of bullets, sit back and wait and a
neighbor's pet or some tweety birds are gonna die sooner or
later. 

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