Are you sure that your service provider has 56k capability ?  I thought
I had the same problem , but then found out that AT&T 's service
provider that I dial into wasn't running 56k.  They (AT&T) also want
more money for 56k connection.

Kelly Lyons wrote:

>  I upgraded my 33.6 Winmodem to 56K using 3Com's upgrade wizard.
> Followed all the instructions and it loaded the drivers as expected,
> but the modem is still running at 28.8. Can't even get 33.6 out of
> it!  Device Manager is showing the drivers a 56k driver.  Are there
> other settings I need to change? Any help would be appreciated.
>
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