Dialup connection

Window ME (not an upgrade) I have 3 things in Communications checked, Dialup Networking, Dialup Server, & Universal Plug n Play.
As far as my modem Im useing Lucent Win Modem under Port COM3, Max Speed 115200, Data bits:8 Parity:None Stop bits:1, Wait for dialtone before dialing is checked, Use FIFO buffers (requires 16550 compatible UART) is checked, Receive Buffer HIGH, Transmit Buffer MAXIMUM, Use Error control/Compress data are checked, Use flow control/Hardware (RTS/CTS) are checked, Modulation type=STANDARD,
And finally under Extra settings is where my question lies. I added this to it AT+MS=V34 and after the phone number i dial I have added 3 coma's example 555-555-5555,,, and at this setting I connect at 21,600 80% of the time.
If I was to change the EXTRA settings part to AT+MS=V34,0 I can connect between 28,800 or as high as 38,800 the thing is when it does that Im eaither hauling a$$ or i am "stuck" Bigtime, (may as well not be connected because Im not moving) and the coma's after the Number (555-etc) seem irrevellant as far as adding 1 2 3 or no ,,,'s as far as it being stuck, yet all reflect the connection speed. Its rather tiresome to continue to change these tweaks constantlly any suggestions a happy medium other than 21,600?
Hope thats enough information. Thanks! Oh and 90% of the time regaurdless of what any of it is set on, I usually get any combo of errors just trying to connect from 650, 602, 648, 720, etc, Ive tracked every one of these down and have fixed them time after time and dont get me wrong i havent changed any of the tweaks of numbers etc in a couple months as I gave up on "playing" with most of it. Any thoughts here?

 

The comas simply insert a short pause in the dialing string. I have no idea why you only want a pause after the number is dialed. You might try

555,,555,555 and see how that works. Or play with longer pauses.

And maybe you do need a pause after the string so a comma or two there.

As to the other, you may just be running into phone line noise at higher speeds where sometimes you can connect fast but often the system just gets confused.

If your phone is located more than a certain number of substations from the main phone company switching equipment (3 I think but not positive - maybe more than 2) then 28.8 is as fast as you will ever have for a reliable connection.

 

REPLY TO NEWT

Basiclly the comas afterwards are to give the V90 a Prozac as its going 100mph and zing's right past ... pretty much everything. And should it find anything it is usually a sad 14,400-16,800 something lousy. It stableizes it @ a 21,600 99.9% of the time. (course it has the AT+MS=V34) helping also. Really what really kicks it's behind is the ,0 after the AT+MS=V34 Thats when it has its higher connection speed. Sometimes works good, sometimes bad, (my ISP said its just the way internet traffic moves and its normal)
I know the exact combo to get a 28,800 out of it as opposed to the 21,600. However its a 50/50 chance of weather its going to be a reliable "unstuck" connection. And since Ive never heard of the comma's inbetween the numbers Im just dieing to get this reply done to try it. lol. Check back with the results after I play with it awhile, Rokie-Dokie...lol. I appreciate your time sir! Have a great day.

 

"(my ISP said its just the way internet traffic moves and its normal)

Do not buy a used car from the person who told you this. Sounds like you have a noisy phone line and some days there is just more static than the error correcting stuff (how's that for technical talk) in the modem can't deal with it at anything faster than 21.xx.

As to the commas in the string, it can certainly help. Not usually as critical as it used to be and especially used to be if you were on a "dial 9 for outside line" system. Then you pretty much had to dial 9 on a normal handset, count the time until you got the outside dial tone, and then comma in that much delay in the string.

 

Well I appreciate your efforts and comments however, your about as far out in left field as it gets. I do ty for your efforts. (windows me never got much attention or respect in the business world and etc... so finding help is always going to be limited. Trial and error type stuff Im getting real use to. Thanks anyways Newt, have a good one.

 

xcks - I have no idea what you just said except that I recognized "thanks" so - you're welcome.

 

If you insist on critics, adding a comma after an area code wipes out the area code completely.
Adding commas after the 2nd set (555-555,,,-) does absloutely nothing, in fact it wont dial a legitimate phone number period.
As I have explained, the commas after the number are to s l o w it down so it can connect, the maximum number of commas acceptable is 3,
(unless you have a web tv and then 4 is the max)
As far as a noisy phone line. My phone line is beyond perfect in alot of ways, but I will only mention 1. Most lines are 1500 feet or less, mine is 81,120 feet. Believe it or not this is the beauty of my line as it has many positive effects being this length.
As far as a certain number of substations (or towers as I call them) from point a-b the estimated distance of it is around 10 miles I believe they said, to have a dsl conversion type line OR a stright digital type and lucky me is still out (gonna miss me by 6 1/2 miles, total is 16.5) from a-b point.
Before they switched systems/phone numbers they use to have 2 seperate numbers avaible. They chose to define these as "Local internet access" a 33.6k line. And a "Internet global access" a 56k line. What a joke, the technical end of that more-less translates to the 33.6k is an analog type line the 56k is a digital line. which is about as deep as B.S. as it gets lol. They have since then eliminated their 33.6k line.
Ouchie, Im late for work lol go to go and yw for the thanks. Have a good day.

 

Nope. In some cases, up to 10 commas are needed, depending on pots. Dialing through an exchange, or even disabling call waiting with *70 sometemes requires way more than 3 commas to get the job done.

For an init string, try +MS=V34,1 and see what happens.
You can also try adding a couple of other S register values to possibly get V90.
Try this:
S202=32S95=1+MS=V90,1,,,,56000

 

Thanks for the info reboot. My modem days are way behind me and all the specifics have just drifted into never-never land.

xcks - I certainly prefer to be told when my suggestions are bad ones and specifics help. Mostly because any question that crops up on here once will do so more than once. Plus the fact that lots of folks lurk and read but never post so someone later could well have a similar issue and look here for a fix.

But with any modem number-dialing string I've ever heard of, comma = short pause and harmless unless you have too many and your phone times out. But you showed the number as (555-555,,,-) and for sure the - marks aren't needed. Not sure they ever do any harm but not needed.