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jsteckro wrote:
> 
> I have a 33.6 modem but yet it connects at 28.8?? Why doesn't it
> connect at my modem speed?

Well, you need to make sure your provider has 33.6 modems, and that you
are dialing into them. Also, you need pretty clean phone lines to make
33.6... When I worked at Global Village, one of the QA guys said they
could only get 31.2 from one modem to another within the lab through a
phone line sim box.... 
This really is a question for your provider, then modem manufacturer, in
that order, though.

JF