Long Wait-Time to Connect to Internet ?

We have a vacation cabin in a very rural area. We have a dialup
connection, and the speed varies, but is usually around 28k. Based on some
research and in talking with others in the county, it appears there is no
cure for this, as our home is very far away from the telephone central
office or connection point.

What we cannot understand is that it takes so very long to **initially
connect** to the isp. It sometimes takes 10 or up to 15 minutes to
connect. Every now and then, it will connect in 1 or 2 minutes, but it
is never fast.

I wondered is there are some modem settings that we could check and/or if
there is a webpage that might discuss this. I have done many Google
searches, but ALL of them talk about the overall speed of the connection
itself, which is not what I am asking about. I am trying to improve the
amount of time that it takes to make the **initial** connect to the isp.

Any help on this one ??

Thanks for any input or ideas !!

--James--

Have the same problem in rural Kentucky..
I have found that the telephone ckts have varying impedence due to length,
resistance, water and bad splices..
The phone company (BellSouth) says their only required to supply a 9600 bit
rate to make the FCC happy..
And that I can go Fish.. (or another slang term) if I want better...
You might consider Sprint wireless.. Its faster and more dependable..
or just live with the slow connections and slower downloads

Another help would be to turn off your browsers image loading feature, loads
only text..
That will speed up downloads of news faster..

Sorry,
RTS



"James Nipper" wrote in message
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We have a vacation cabin in a very rural area. We have a dialup
connection, and the speed varies, but is usually around 28k. Based on
some
research and in talking with others in the county, it appears there is no
cure for this, as our home is very far away from the telephone central
office or connection point.

What we cannot understand is that it takes so very long to **initially
connect** to the isp. It sometimes takes 10 or up to 15 minutes to
connect. Every now and then, it will connect in 1 or 2 minutes, but it
is never fast.

I wondered is there are some modem settings that we could check and/or if
there is a webpage that might discuss this. I have done many Google
searches, but ALL of them talk about the overall speed of the connection
itself, which is not what I am asking about. I am trying to improve the
amount of time that it takes to make the **initial** connect to the isp.

Any help on this one ??

Thanks for any input or ideas !!

--James--

Have the same problem in rural Kentucky..

At least you have the bourbon.

I have found that the telephone ckts have varying impedence due to length,
resistance, water and bad splices..
The phone company (BellSouth) says their only required to supply a 9600
bit
rate to make the FCC happy..
And that I can go Fish.. (or another slang term) if I want better...

No wonder you guys are so keen on bourbon!

(I may be projecting, here!)


Shane

..... it takes so very long to **initially
connect** to the isp. It sometimes takes 10 or up to 15 minutes to
connect. Every now and then, it will connect in 1 or 2 minutes, but it
is never fast.

If you are referring to the time to get the dialling tone - you could try
confirming the modem connection speed itself, before worrying too much about
connecting to the web, confirm that the modem is at least connecting and
dialling correctly.

Run dialer.exe (note only one L) and confirm that the modem connects to your
line and dials. (NB this is a dialler - NOT a call handler utility).

Dial your own number (or a convenient mobile phone), give it a few seconds
and then lift your (adjacent) telephone handset and listen for the engaged
signal. If you are lucky, you may even be able to monitor the connection and
dialling process by listening to the handset.

If dialer.exe does not connect immediately, you need to continue to
troubleshoot your
modem. If you can 'borrow' a laptop, try substituting it and see if there is
an improvement.

Mart


"James Nipper" wrote in message
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We have a vacation cabin in a very rural area. We have a dialup
connection, and the speed varies, but is usually around 28k. Based on
some
research and in talking with others in the county, it appears there is no
cure for this, as our home is very far away from the telephone central
office or connection point.

What we cannot understand is that it takes so very long to **initially
connect** to the isp. It sometimes takes 10 or up to 15 minutes to
connect. Every now and then, it will connect in 1 or 2 minutes, but it
is never fast.

I wondered is there are some modem settings that we could check and/or if
there is a webpage that might discuss this. I have done many Google
searches, but ALL of them talk about the overall speed of the connection
itself, which is not what I am asking about. I am trying to improve the
amount of time that it takes to make the **initial** connect to the isp.

Any help on this one ??

Thanks for any input or ideas !!

--James--