Is there a law requireing the TelCo to provide a certain dialup speed ?

[CyberTech]

Well the main TelCo in Australia guarantees their lines to support a connection speed of 2400 baud! That's about 2.3Kbps!!

Fortunately, the actual speed is always much higher, but that's all they "guarantee".

[unknown4x]

...we should get some kind of fcc regulation on telco speeds....
but with dsl.. my provider says i have to get a minimum of 384k or they'll cancel my account.. wish modem was like that, right?

[cpuguys.Net]

I was talking to a customer who happens to be the seinor man in the CO. He says the only thing they HAVE to provide is VOICE, NOT DATA. I guess its somewhere in the fine print about running data through the same line, 14,4 is all they will help you with up here.

Dunno its a verizon thing I guess.

[swamprat]

The local phone company here says that they only support voice, and fax machines up to 9600 baud. If more is wanted, get a data line. Of course, here at the edge of the Everglades, having a phone is a plus.

[Mope]

In Oregon the only thing Qwest has to provide is voice. I tried the complain and complain thing but kept getting charged the $50 house calls when the tech would come check my lines. I complained enough to get the charges off my bill but "learned my lesson". Now I just grit my teeth at the 26.4 and go to school for my major downloads.

[sdrawkcab]

Originally posted by Sowulo:
<STRONG>FYI: In communities where the top connection speed is always 26,400 the phone service provider is splitting the bandwidth to get more customer coverage with half the infrastructure--they are using half-duplex instead of full (26.4 X 2 = 52.8, the actual max possible). In other words, you're being cheaped-out. Call and complain, and then call and complain, and then call and complain again...A couple of my clients made themselves a big enough burr under the saddle to get their full duplex connected.</STRONG>

You'll also get 26400 if you're on some PBX systems.

[furlong47]

Originally posted by Sowulo:
<STRONG>FYI: In communities where the top connection speed is always 26,400 the phone service provider is splitting the bandwidth to get more customer coverage with half the infrastructure--they are using half-duplex instead of full (26.4 X 2 = 52.8, the actual max possible). In other words, you're being cheaped-out. Call and complain, and then call and complain, and then call and complain again...A couple of my clients made themselves a big enough burr under the saddle to get their full duplex connected.</STRONG>

That explains why I get such crappy connection speeds when I have to use my modem at school. They're cheap.