From: "Mercyful Fate"    
      
   $ Gary Perkins mentioned . .   
   %   
   > I believe with the 56k technology, you needed a special connection from the   
   > ISP to the phone company.  This is one reason why you could never get as go   
   > a connection from a regular modem to regular modem.   
   >    
   > As for sucky connections, it depended on line conditions.  For years I   
   > couldn't get decent connections due to a fault somewhere in my block...like   
   > others, we put out countless calls.  At some point something finally got   
   > fixed, and I could get those stellar 45-48k connections.   
      
   Yeah i loved my Zoom 65k Flex, i had a USR 28.8, but it never worked above   
   28.8 even after i flashed it for X2.. i ended up throwing that thing out, it   
   was so iffy at times if it was going to drop calls..  When i comes to line   
   quality though i know your pain.  My house wiring back then was pretty old, ie   
   70's.. and when it would rain, there would be constant buzzin during the   
   sumemr time,, i had to get my person line ran seperate from the house and run   
   through the storm window in the basement..  :)  The good ol day, if soemthign   
   wasn't working right,, then you wern't doing anything at all..  hehe   
      
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