Is there a noticeabel speed difference between 33.6 and 56k modems?

[Linuxman]

I'm thinking about getting a new modem and wondering if it's worth the investment.

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[ph34r]

If your POTS lines allow for a 56k connect, then it is well worth it. Be careful - many 56ks are the dreaded winmodem. I like my Jaton Communicator II - cheap, ISA, jumpers, etc. 56k and works great in Linux.

[Linuxman]

Originally posted by ph34r:
I like my Jaton Communicator II - cheap, ISA, jumpers, etc. 56k and works great in Linux.

Where did you get it? online shopping? local retailer?

[HuggyBear]

I use a multitech 5600zdx external modem at work. I am IP Masqueraing 5 workstations and its been excellent. I also have a 56K USR but it is not as good as the Multitech.

And like stated before. Your telephone connection factors in to the speed of your connection.

Huggy

[FoBoT]

depends on your line conditions and what you do
i am sure you know that the "56k" is really only 53k, which is download only, not upload

does it help? in most cases, yes

if you can borrow one from a friend or get someone to bring a laptop with one over and try it on your line, that would tell you before you spend $$$

if you have any plan/hope of getting cable/dsl in the near future then wait

if you have a 33.6k working fine, then it comes down to , do you want to spend the $$$ and can you sell/trade the 33.6k for more than $.02

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[ph34r]

I got it at Best Buy....

[Lend273]

What connection speeds are you getting with the Jaton?
Are you in a rural area?
Does it have good ability to deal with
sub par line speed?
Thanks for the info.
Len

[ph34r]

When I lived in town, it was nothing but 53.3 and 50.3? - now that I am in BFE, it connects at 21.6 or 24.0 - not too bad, considering the crap I go thru to reach my isp - change of service providers, area codes, etc.

[manual_overide]

It usually makes a big difference. What kind of modem pool does your ISP have? At my parents house, their ISP has only banks of 28.8 and 56K modems. My parents have a 33.6 modem, but it only ever connects @ 28.8

When I bring my comp home, I have a 56K modem, and connect at around 45 to 50K.

So, yes there is a noticeable difference.

BTW, I hate dialup. Once you go broadband, you can never go back. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[winnotgoneyet]

Depends on how far you are from the tele switch?, my parents live in the middle of nowhere but the local switch is 100 yards away so they get great connection speeds.
Find out if a neighbour has a faster modem and see what their connection speeds are before you spend your cash$

[winnotgoneyet]

Depends on how far you are from the tele switch?, my parents live in the middle of nowhere but the local switch is 100 yards away so they get great connection speeds.
Find out if a neighbour has a faster modem and see what their connection speeds are before you spend your cash$

[camelrider]

A lot depends on the quality of your phone line. Mine is 1940's era stuff that's picking up music and conversations from all over. I had to reduce my mtu/mru size just to get better than 1kb/sec. Now I sometimes get as much as two, but when I had a loaner 56k modem it did no better. If I could track down one of the later Hayes or Boca 28k modems I think it would be as good as it gets on this line with analog. Fortunately, I'm close enough to get ADSL, but still haven't worked it into the budjet. Soon, I hope! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

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[hndpaul]

The 56K is the "theoretical maximum", and in 99% of instances will never be reached! However, going from 33.6 to 56K (V.90) with an ISP that supports those speeds will most definitely be worth the price; even better, I think Zoom now offer the new v.92 standard modems, and companies like Cisco have worked hard on increasing the download/upload compression ratios to allow for greater speed using traditional analogue lines- so if you can, go for that.

You should get a connection of around 36-44,000bps with a 56K (or more), and this is OK for general surfing. Your downloads can be anything from 2.4K to 4.5K, again depending on line conditions and compression used etc.

Again, most definitely go for 56K at the least, and V.92 if you don't mind running at V.90 until V.92 becomes a supported method by ISPs.

Paul, UK

[optech]

I used to have a 14.4, then i went 28.8... finally, i got a 56K.... funny though, as the 14.4 was allowing 1-3 K/sec downloads, and the 28.8 was 2-3... the 56 was about 4-5...
so yeah, it's noticeable.. until you got broadband like me and get btwn 100-500 k/sec... it's really sweet... i downloaded the slackware iso in like 15 minutes...
but i paid my dues... i downloaded 250 or so mp3's (the old ones... when winamp wasn't even out yet...) with my 14.4

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[Rking]

i'm on a 56k winmodem and i get 5.7+ download speeds, it's just too bad that the linmodem driver for it doesn't work with a kernel above 2.2.16.

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[Linuxman]

Thanks folks. When I get the dough, I will get a new modem.

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