Al,
You may be right about the phone lines being the problem.
Any electrical noise on the line can interfere with the connection.
One test I use is to lift the receiver on a telephone that is on the same line, press one of the dial keys once (which kills the dial tone for a few seconds) and just listen.
If I hear any clicks, pops, whines, etc. I call the phone company and report it to them. They'll check it out.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Al Stum" <al_stum@...> wrote:
>
> > Only one DSL provider here and can't afford that. We live on fixed income.
>
>
> Mollie,
>
> Your problem is probably with the phone lines themselves. I live in the
> country 6 miles from the nearest town and it, not counting the college, is
> less than 10,000 people. Over the years my dial up has consistently got
> worse as the area grows. I have logged on as low as 46 with actual download
> speeds of .9 kb. I now do all my downloads or uploads in the middle of the
> night when the lines are freed up and businesses are shut down.
>
> The last time I had the phone company check my lines all the did was move my
> connection to another twisted pair in the cable, telling me the main line
> must have been hit with lightning several times because there were only a
> few connections left in the cable with the rest being burnt out.
>
> AL
>
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