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rhohl

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rhohl

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June 14th, 2005 23:00

Poor modem

Just bought a new Inspiron and the modem has a really poor connection speed compared to my old desktop. When I was able to understand the Indian techs. all they could advise that I had adware or a virus. Telling them that this was a brand new computer and had no adware problems did little good. I am considering buying a modem card but since this is my first experience with a laptop and PC slots I am a little in the dark. The specs say it will take Type I or Type II, 3.3 and 5 v cards. Any suggestions as to where to begin my search and specifically what to look for. Thanks.
  • webzila

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    Posted June 20th, 2005 21:00

    99% of the PCMCIA modems that you find in stores are Type II. Have you tried troubleshooting your current modem yet? What is the name of the modem and what speeds do you connect at?

     

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  • rhohl

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    Posted June 20th, 2005 22:00

    The modem in question is a Broadcom modem. Any trouble shooting returns that the modem is working. If I hook it to the same phone line as my desktop it connects at around 19,000 kbps but never over 24,000. My desktop is a 3 year old Compaq running an AMD processor and a US Robotics modem and a modem test showed it to be connecting at about 40,000. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice the different in speed between the two.