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From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
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In message , 
james@nospam.com writes:
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>I do wonder if getting a different brand of modem would help though. I

It might ...
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>I think a lot of the problems is my ISP. They have pretty much abandoned
>the dialup, but they know that some of us rural people cant connect any
>other way. so they keep a few modems running for those of us who have a

.... as long as the "spiral of death" isn't caused by the other end.

(I still can't understand why you don't get it with Windows 98, but I 
sympathise that you're fed up of trying things!)

>landline from them. Where I live, I must have a landline because my
>cellphone dont get a signal.
>
Would it be possible to erect some sort of aerial - do cellular signals 
reach your location but too far above ground level? Or are you so remote 
that you are not in a coverage area at all? I appreciate it'd be 
awkward, since modern 'phones don't have an aerial socket, and it'd have 
to be bidirectional, which makes boosters difficult (though can be 
done), but if there is a signal, two passive but high-gain (i. e. 
directional) aerials connected together, in your loft or on a pole, 
_might_ make life a bit more bearable.
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