MY MODEM PROBLEM ALL BOILS DOWN TO TOOOOOOO MUCH NOISE ON THE LINE. YEASTERDAY I GOT DISCONNECTED FROM 3 PHONE CALLS MYSELF WITH THE NEW PAIR THAT PAC BELL HAD GIVEN ME FROM CENTRAL OFFICE. THEY ARE WORSE THEN MY ORIGINAL PAIR.

PAC BELL IS WORKING ON IT TODAY TO GET ME A BETTER PAIR. WAITING NOW FOR REPAIRMAN TO CALL. I ONLY WISH I HAD TAKEN NOISE TEST BEFORE (ATY11) TO COMPARE ORIGINAL LINE TO THIS LINE AND MY NEW LINE THAT I AM TO GET.

MY BEST READING AT 3750 IS: 57, WHICH IS OUT OF GOOD RANGE, MY WORST IS: 65

MY BEST READING AT 3300 IS: 37, MY WORST IS 39. I HAVE ONLY BEEN UNDER 20 ONCE, 59-39, BUT BECAUSE MY NUMBERS ARE TOO HIGH I STILL DO NOT GET A GOOD CONNECTION.

I SUGGEST TO ANY OTHERS THAT HAVE SLOW SPEEDS TO READ THE ARTICLE HERE: MORE THAN 1 A/D CONVERSION? (UPDATED 14-DEC-01) AND TEST YOUR LINE FOR INVISIBLE NOISE.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW NOW IS WHAT DOES "A/D" STAND FOR?

THANKS!

In any event, with those readings, you'll never get 56k, so the s32=98 would at least give you a shorter handshake.

"Pair gain" does not automatically mean those bad readings and more than 1 analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion: if the 'pair gain' is in the form of an 'integrated DLC' (digital loop carrier) system, 56k should be achievable; 'pair gain' in the form of non-integrated DLC, such as SLC-96, or systems that make a single pair of wires into 2 subscriber lines are 56k-killers.