# Is there any hope for my dial-up?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-hope-for-my-dial-up/227292 "2004-02-03T05:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-hope-for-my-dial-up/227292/1 "2004-02-03T05:48:20Z")

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Here’s the deal, I have a dial-up internet connection, but I only get on at 26.4kbps because of an analog switch between myself and the ISP (I have a 56K modem). Does anyone have any clever ideas for increasing my connection speed, short of getting DSL/Cable/ISDN?

The only thing I can think of would be to go out and buy a v92 modem. I have a Dell Dimension L800R and my modem is just a Conexant chipset on the motherboard and I spent an hour or two on two occasions trying to find a v92 driver to no avail. So is v92 worth buying a new modem, or is the speed increase relatively modest?

Thanks for your replies…