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Does modem-on-hold work when you get poor connection speeds like 26.4 instead of 33.3+? I doubt it, but want to make sure.

As long as the modems on both ends are in v.92 mode it should work fine.

if your ISP isn't v.92 compatible, it won't matter what your connection speed is.

And from what I've heard recently, one of the top (if not the top) hardware vendor for ISP's has decided to not make their newest server hardware and their prior server software updates v.92 compatible.

Of course, it wouldn't bug me that much, since I tend to just let my call waiting kick me off the Internet (much easier), but my new v.92 modem seems to have trouble doing that...

Well, my ISP does support V.92. I feel bad about signing someone up for Earthlink though, which doesn't seem to... maybe will change it for them.

The reason why I asked was that I thought modems fall back from, say V.90 to V.34 depending on line conditions.

Pu-239 wrote:Well, my ISP does support V.92. I feel bad about signing someone up for Earthlink though, which doesn't seem to... maybe will change it for them.

The reason why I asked was that I thought modems fall back from, say V.90 to V.34 depending on line conditions.

AFAIK, while speed will depend on line conditions, the actual communications protocol depends on the maximum standard that both modems can agree on. So, while you might occasionally see 28.8k or even 26.2k speeds when dialing in (equivalent to v.34 standards), as long as your ISP's dial-in server is using v.92 protocols you're still connecting with v.92 protocols.

Now, if you were trying to dial in to a server using an older standard, you would connect at a lower standard. But I can't think of any ISP's out there that use v.34 anymore, let alone anything slower.

Also, check out this page (http://www.modemsite.com/56k/v92interop.asp): even some of the v.92 ISP's are disabling the Modem On Hold feature.

Fortunately, RCN allows MOH- http://www.rcn.com/customer/internet_faq_v92.php#8

Hehe, time on hold not limited... though in actuality probably is.