DSL vs Adjusting my Modem Speed

I'm serious, I see I can possibly (haven't tried it yet) increase my modem connection speed from the Help with Windows adjoining site here called, Increase Modem Speed In Windows 98 and set the Bits per second rate to 115200 bps. Wouldn't DSL still be faster in the first place without me wasting time on speeding up my dial up connection?

MIke R.
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Hi Mike,

Your link doesn't appear but from what you've posted yes I'd assume the tip is for dial-up (56k V.90+) modems and not DSL.

EDIT:

It makes sense now that I've read your other post

Speeding up your Dial-Up connection would result in a small improvement, you'll still at best get 5-6Kbyte/s but with a 500kbit/s DSL service you could easily achieve 40-50Kbyte/s and 500kbs isn't fast by any means (right now I'm using a 10megabit/s connection)

 

But if I can get 115200 bps, then that means 115K/s right just with dialup? I'll have to check ATT for what speed their basic DSL is..........

 

No V90 is 56kbps, the tip is for the throughput of your com ports this may help with throughput to the modem but you won't achieve any more than 56kbps even if you set the port to 112kbps

 

So the article is wrong? Here it is --

In Windows 98, your modem may seem to work fine, but the true fact is, the baud rate for you COM Port doesn't allow you to reach top-speed. To improve your port's speed:
1. Click Start, Select Settings > Control Panel, open System
2. Click the Device Manager tab, and click on the "+" sign next to Ports (COM & LPT)
3. Select the port your modem uses, click Properties, then click the Port Settings tab, and set the Bits per second to 115200 bps, that way you won't have a sort of filter on the Port.
115200 bps is the maximum setting for a "Standard" COM port.

The article goes on to say --

It is not widely known, but the serial ports on motherboards and add-in cards that use some specific I/O controllers will support operation at speeds greater than 115200 bps:

 

No that article is exactly what I'd assumed from your original post. The baud rate of your com port however is not the same as the baud rate of your modem . The baud rate of the com port must be at least (preferably exceeding) the speed ofyour modem for maximum efficiency.

 

So I guess the point is that I might as well just go to DSL since ATT promises Downstream Speed: Up to 768 Kbps and Upstream Speed: Up to 384 Kbps with even their cheapest service? I'm not really going to get 115K/s with my dial up right?

Mike R.

 

OK, let's stick to bits per second to avoid confusion

With dial up you'll get 56kb/s at best, with ATT you'll get 768kb/s, you do the math

 

Well,until I switch over I might try the info in the article just to optimize my dial up for now. I'm curious to see what type of improvment I get. Thanks for the help.

 

No problem,

Please let us know how you get on.

 

Btw, you implied maybe? I was confusing bits with bytes. If I remember it takes 8 bits to make a bite? so what does the 115200 bps in the article stand for? I took it to mean kilobytes.

 

Yep 8 bits make a byte, but with protocol overheads it's usually nearer 10 bits transmitted per byte received.

bits per second (roughly 112 kilobits per second ie 10-11kilobytes per second) but remember this is com port speed not modem speed.

 

Thanks again man.