msn accelerator

[worried]

Having XP Home,and MSN as my ISP,which doesn't support
the V.92 modem,(didn't know this)I downloaded the
accelerator,which shows up as clientsideproxy.exe,
and uses a huge amount memory,which shows up in the
taskmanager as PF usage 223MB,I am at my wits end.
So short of taking out the V.92 and replacing it with a
V.90 modem,I ask, is there anything else I can do,to speed
this thing up,after uninstalling the hated sending out
info,memory eating accelerator?
Thanks for any info...

 

[D.Currie]

Having XP Home,and MSN as my ISP,which doesn't support
the V.92 modem,(didn't know this)I downloaded the
accelerator,which shows up as clientsideproxy.exe,
and uses a huge amount memory,which shows up in the
taskmanager as PF usage 223MB,I am at my wits end.
So short of taking out the V.92 and replacing it with a
V.90 modem,I ask, is there anything else I can do,to speed
this thing up,after uninstalling the hated sending out
info,memory eating accelerator?
Thanks for any info...

A v.92 modem will act as a v.90 if that's what's available. There's actually
not much difference between the two that a normal person would notice, and
they're both really 56k modems. Either way, dial-up speed is going to be
limited. Most of the products that purport to speed up your connection
aren't going to do you any good. Some will help optimize downloads, but
overall, they aren't really worth having, as you've already noticed.

 

[worried]

Thanks for the input D.Currie,
but I do notice a difference with the accelerator.
With out it I only dial up at 26kbps,and with it I make it
to 48kbps.Is it worth loosing all the memory to it? No.
Also with my old V.90 I dialed up at 50kbps,so it's a
downhill change,and a memory loss I don't understand.

 

[Mike]

V.92 adds features which may or may not be available, but none affect speed
of connection really.. I had an Intel 536EP modem which sometimes connected
at 50.2, but more often at 46.6.. it also had the bad habit of losing
connection.. I have replaced it with a US Robotics 5660a and my connection
holds at a steady 52.0 and it never drops the connection.. I bought the
Intel because I changed the motherboard for one that did not have an ISA
slot to accommodate my old USR modem.. at the time, all I could get locally
was the Intel modem.. asked the guy if they were ok and he said yes.. I
didn't expect him to say anything else, but knew from previous experience
that US Robotics modems rock, and are still the best.. try one, and dump the
software accelerator..

 

[D.Currie]

Thanks for the input D.Currie,
but I do notice a difference with the accelerator.
With out it I only dial up at 26kbps,and with it I make it
to 48kbps.

Have you actually tested the speed, or is it just reporting that difference?
I've never seen one of those accelerators that, in the end, offer much of an
improvement. And what improvement they offer is usually at the detriment of
something else. Most of what they do has nothing to do with the real speed
of the modem, as they can't do anything about that; in reality, they do
things like caching more information on web pages, or trying to make
multiple connections when you download, so it appears that the data
transfers faster.

Is it worth loosing all the memory to it?

See, there's the problem. If it's slowing down the rest of the computer,
you've got no real improvement.

No.
Also with my old V.90 I dialed up at 50kbps,so it's a
downhill change,and a memory loss I don't understand.

But it's not the difference between v90 and v92. Both are 56k modems. Make
sure you've got the latest drivers for the modem and actually test your
speeds before you make any judgements. If you're relying on what the modem
says is the connection speed, that's just the initial connection speed,
which will slow down and speed up based on a number of different factors
including the noise on the phone line, the sites you're connecting to, how
your ISP is routing your connection, etc.

Unless you've actually tested your old connection speed and compared it with
a test of the new connection, the numbers don't mean a whole lot. It's
possible that you were connecting slower overall before, but the initial
connection was fast and that's what was being reported. Now you may be
getting a more accurate number.

It's also possible that the modem or the phone cable you're using are having
problems. But once again, it has nothing to do with the difference between
v90 and v92. It might just be a bad modem or one that's incompatible with
your computer for whatever reason. If you go out and buy a new modem, it's
pretty much guaranteed to be v92, unless you find somebody with some really
old stock.