My current 56k woes

Recently, well fairly recently we had a storm. Even though my PC was turned off, the lightening still fried my modem. I went to the store and bought a brand new 56k US Robotics modem. It has the V92 crap and caller notification for call waiting.

My thinking is that either the V92 needs turned off, or the call waiting does.

My problem is that I cannot seem to remain connected to the net for more than a couple minutes and when I am kicked offline, my modem hangs and I am forced to remove it from the machine through the control panel settings.

The constant rebooting to find the modem is getting noisome.

I cannot seem to uninstall the call waiting option so I am not even sure thats the problem.

I am forced to write everything in notepad and saving the file in fear of a disconnection forcing a reboot.

If someone could search online for a similar issue, I'd surely appreciate it.

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Modems have always been a mystery to me. I found this on the US Robotics site after a quick google. It's only about how to disable some V92 features in a "terminal" of some kind. No idea if this is what you were looking for.

5. How do I disable V.92?

Note: We recommend that you not disable the V.92 features of your modem. If your ISP does not support V.92, your modem will automatically negotiate a V.90 connection. In the event that you still want to disable all or some of the features of V.92, follow the procedures below.

Answer:

To disable V.92, you must disable the following features:

* Modem on Hold
* Quick Connect
* V.PCM Upstream

The default value for each of these commands is zero, and resetting the modem will restore the default settings.

To disable Modem on Hold:
In the Terminal window, type AT+PMH=1 and press ENTER.

Note: To completely disable call waiting tones from interrupting your online session, the preferred method is to include *70 in your dial string.

To disable Quick Connect:
In the Terminal window, type AT+PQC=3 and press ENTER.

To disable V.PCM Upstream:
In the Terminal window, type AT+PIG=1 and press ENTER.

To disable all three V.92 features at once:
In the Terminal window, type AT+PIG=1+PMH=1+PQC=3 and press ENTER.

Note: Windows TAPI programs will read the change from Extra Settings. If you use Windows TAPI to disable any of the V.92 features, the AT prefix is not needed before entering the command. For non-Windows TAPI programs, you may have to modify the program's modem init string.

"US Robotics"

That is the brand name of our old modem. Also, have you ever watched "I, Robot"? The name of the company in that film is also USR (US robotics)

reaper47 said:
To disable V.92, you must disable the following features:

• [color=red]Modem on Hold

[/color]* Quick Connect

• V.PCM Upstream

Perhaps this is my problem???

Can anyone tell me what the hell a "Terminal Window" is?

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Forkit.. I cannot get it to work ..

sighs

Anyone interested in a slightly used PC?

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This is a typical Orpheus thread

i have 56k as well and the only modem problems i ever had mysteriously fixed themselves, as far as i know only magic can fix modems random ass magic miracles

sorry orph, haven't had that one, but then i don't have call waiting

post the model number of that modem and we might be able to look it up on the USR sight for you.

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orph: assuming cable and dsl are completely out of the question, you can get satellite internet..

www.WildBlue.com
www.HughesNet.com

been using hughesnet for years out on the island.. but the equipment and installation can really dent your wallet.

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I've been hearing about Hugh's and getting mixed signals. Hows the reliability?

Define "Years" and has the service been good, improved or declined?

I checked into one satellite service here, I forget the name but it wasn't Hugh's. However the upfront cash was in excess of 600 bucks. They didn't guarantee much either.

I trust you, since I've known you long enough to say that. :smile:

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http://www.snarkpit.net/forums.php?forum=1&topic=7109#post127325 see my post here for info on Hughes.

Also I forgot to tell you that when it breaks its $150 to fix and the inital installation is $600

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my parents are looking in to satellite as well, this being due to the fact that our dial-up provider has gone all to s**t and noone has been to connect for 2 days i'm using a backup number they made as they try to fix it but it's even worse than the first