[Coco] Modem ISP Problem (sort of OT)

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/27/05 1:42:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
zmerch at 30below.com writes:


>Another thing that can affect phone line quality is a long run to a  garage 

>or somesuch 



Thanks, but my PC is right next to the basement junction box where the  phone 
lines come in.
 
One thing that DOES make a difference, at least in the maximum Baud rate  
your modem can run, is the lightning-protection filter built into a lot of surge  
suppressor power strips and UPS boxes.  I dutifully ran my modem line thru  
the filter jacks.  On the old surge power strip, the best I could hit was  32K 
Baud.  When I upgraded to a cheap UPS, it sometimes hit 41K.
 
So the L and C in those protectors must have an effect.
 
Back to my own problem -- note that nothing has been changed anywhere,  
except maybe at my ISP end.  Thanks, Mike K.