Unstable internet connection

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Johan

Have been experiencing problems with XP Home Edition often
dropping an ISDN internet connection and actually
generally being very slow.

Other symptom possibly related is that when start up
Outlook Express, it takes better part of a minute to show
the full UI or available application (and that's before
you select Send/Receive to check for email!!!).

History of the machine is that used to live in the States
and had ADSL subscription which was a dream. Now live
outside US and best can get is 64K ISDN connection.

Please help b4 I chuck XP and get Linux at home!
 
64K ISDN. Wouldn't a 56K dialup modem on a standard phone line be cheaper,
and not much different in speed ?

What hardware do you use to connect, do you have a proper isdn modem ?
Is the isdn connection an always on connection. ISDN used to be expensive as
it was charged by time connected not by the packet, so a lot of lines drop
when inactive.

I take it the modem isn't configured to drop the line after periods of
inactivity, or you internet provider drops the line for the same reason.

Another cause of the line dropping is noise. Do you have the pc or the line
connected into the pc near to anything electrical ?

Do you have error correction configured.

If you eliminate the above get the isdn company to check the line.

Paul
 
if being booted and used to have verizon dsl i would
suggest looking into the blasterworm virus.....plus we
don't have any 1.5 dsl connections here so.......!
 
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