Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Feb 13, 2008 3:21 PM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Privatization works in third-world economies. Give it time: As soon > > as they realize they're a monopoly and has a newly relatively rich > > Romanian public by the balls, expect service to decline and prices to > > climb.

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:03:27PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a > > > private monopoly? T

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:39:30 +0200 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm going to guess that Tel

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 20:03, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >>> I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a >>> pr

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a > > private monopoly? That would explain the better service right > > there... > > I don't know

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a > private monopoly? That would explain the better service right > there... I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company got a LOT better a

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-03 12:07:11, schrieb Douglas A. Tutty: > You're probably too far away from the telco's D/A converter to get 56K. > Welcome to dialup-for-the-rest-of-us. ??? Sorry but, in Turkey where I have a haus at the end of the world and there I am using V.90 and get over 5 kByte/sec and the ISP

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-03 08:57:55, schrieb Hugo Vanwoerkom: > Hi, > > > I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone > number that is being used to dial the ISP. > > Everything else is the same. > > Now the connection is at a lower speed than before: average 3000 B/s > while befor

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
On Feb 5, 2008 3:14 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Want to thank everybody for answering this, and the problem was noise on > the line and it has been fixed by Telmex *in one day*! What?! Telmex > responding to a problem in one day and fixing it? Yessir! That puts 'em lightyears

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone number that is being used to dial the ISP. Everything else is the same. Now the connection is at a lower speed than before: average 3000 B/s while before it was 4500 B/s. The sound of V92 dialu

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/03/08 08:57, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone number that is being used to dial the ISP. Everything else is the same. Now the connection is at a

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-04 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/03/08 08:57, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone number that is being used to dial the ISP. Everything else is the same. Now the connection is at a

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:29:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/03/08 08:57, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone > > number that is being used to dial the ISP. > > > > Everything else is the same. > > > > Now the connection is a

RE: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:57:55 -0600 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: [OT] dialup modemspeed change Hi, I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone number that is being used to

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/08 08:57, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone number that is being used to dial the ISP. Everything else is the same. Now the connection is at a lower speed t

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/08 08:57, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > > I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone > number that is being used to dial the ISP. > > Everything else is the same. > > Now the connection is at a lower speed than

[OT] dialup modemspeed change

2008-02-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I've changed the physical location of the Sid box and the telephone number that is being used to dial the ISP. Everything else is the same. Now the connection is at a lower speed than before: average 3000 B/s while before it was 4500 B/s. The sound of V92 dialup modem on connecting ha