newbie has problems w/ dialup

[Bob Elzer]

How are you determining your download rate ?

Have you tried going to dslreports and doing a speed test ? ( Or slowness
test in your case :-) )

have you tried downloading the same file both with xp and then suse ?

 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Mark
Zyniecki
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:33 AM
To: PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: newbie has problems w/ dialup

This was started on the applications list, and it was suggested to move it
here. I've recently added openSUSE11 to my WinXP box. There's a big
difference between the two in dialup download speeds.

WinXP downloads at 3-5 Kbps w/ a max. around 7 Kbps. This has been standard
for me, given my rural area, since 56Kbps modems came out.
SUSE downloads at 1.4-1.5 Kbps w/ a max. around 2 Kbps.
The modem is a USB/serial Actiontec EX560LKU.

It was suggested that the problem could be that the modem is using
USB1 instead of USB2, but I'm not sure that would be a problem given the low
download rates. Also, according to the ISP, the only compression on the
connection would be that initiated from my end.