"Jim Adney" wrote in message
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Over the past year my dial-up modem connect speed has been working
it's way downward. I used to connect at around 44-46k, but it's been
going down, more or less stepwise, first to about 40k, and now to
33-36k, although I actually had one connect at 19k.

See if you can call different numbers - perhaps a friend. If it's consistent
as to speed it's pretty much the line.

N