dailup speed stalling

[troyan]

my internet connection is extremely erratic,sometimes it loads pages quickly and others seem to stop.
watching the connection status as i am loading pages it niether sends or recieves (when stalled) yet still shows as connected at 45.0 kbps (average)
i am using windows xp home sp3 fully updated, with an athlon 3ghz dual core chip and 2gb memory installed
it has been like this for ages but now that everyone uses broadband it seems to be getting worse. i would be very grateful for any help at all
thanks t.royan

[johnwill]

Register at DSLReports and run their Line Quality Tests. It's best to run this test with a direct wired connection to eliminate any wireless issues from the results. It's useful many times to run this test several times, and we'd like to see each of the results. Post the results link from the top of the test display page for each test run here.

The link to post is near the top of the page and looks like:

If you wish to post this result to a forum, please copy/paste this URL
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2357195 <- sample only, yours will obviously be different!
and your IP will be disguised.

Copy/paste that link here.

Note: You will have to enable PING (ICMP) request response either in your router (if you have one), or in your computer's firewall for direct modem connections. This is very important to get the most important part of the test to run.

[troyan]

thanks for trying
hope this was what you meant http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2504155 (1st)
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2504157 (2nd) i ran the test three times, the first two took ten minutes each but the third i left running (without using computer for anything else) for 45 mins and was uncompleted. i will try again if you need it.
tim.royan

[johnwill]

Those are VERY strange results, I've never seen anything quite like them!

Is this using a wired connection? If not, please rerun the test a couple of times with a wired connection.

[troyan]

if by wired you mean modem here is mine (in system info) i live too far from an exchange to be able to get broadband (on a hill in wales uk) so i`m just on normal phone lines
Name Best Data Data Fax Modem
Description Best Data Data Fax Modem
Device ID PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_1085&SUBSYS_108514F1&REV_08\4&25700A26&0&5020
Device Type Internal Modem
Attached To COM3
Answer Mode Not Available
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_1085&SUBSYS_108514F1&REV_08\4&25700A26&0&5020
Provider Name Microsoft
Modem INF Path mdmrpciw.inf
Modem INF Section Modem1025
Blind Off X4
Blind On X3
Compression Off +DS=0;
Compression On +DS=3;
Error Control Forced +ES=3,2,4;
Error Control Off +ES=1,0,1;
Error Control On +ES=3,0,2;
Flow Control Hard +IFC=2,2;
Flow Control Off +IFC=0,0;
Flow Control Soft +IFC=1,1;
DCB &#x001c;
Default <
Inactivity Timeout Not Available
Modulation Bell Not Available
Modulation CCITT Not Available
Prefix AT
Pulse P
Reset ATZ<cr>
Responses Key Name Best Data Data Fax Modem::Best Data::Microsoft
Speaker Mode Dial M1
Speaker Mode Off M0
Speaker Mode On M2
Speaker Mode Setup M3
Speaker Volume High L3
Speaker Volume Low L0
Speaker Volume Med L2
String Format Not Available
Terminator <cr>
Tone T
Memory Address 0xDFEF0000-0xDFEFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000DC00-0x0000DC07
IRQ Channel IRQ 19

[troyan]

ran the test a few more, seems worse to me.
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2504158 (3rd test)
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2504497 (4th)
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2504565 (5th)
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2504579 (6th)

no wireless involved
tim royan