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Dial-up faster than ever with new V.92
Dial-up modems manage the bulk of the world's Internet connections. And with the release of the new V.92 standard, dial-up enters a new world of speed and flexibility. V.92 represents the latest in dial-up technology, building on the previous V.90 blueprint with:
• faster data upload rates,
• faster, more reliable connection to ISPs,
• the ability to place Internet connections on hold to receive phone calls,
• V.44 compression technology allowing faster handling of Web pages.
NetComm is currently shipping V.92 compliant models of its popular Roadster and Wave modem products with more products coming online soon.
What is V.92?
V.92 is the new international standard developed by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) for analog modems that improves on the existing V.90 standard in a number of important ways:
• It allows you to take incoming calls while on line by putting the "modem on hold." This capability, unique to V.92 requires a call waiting service which is provided by most local phone companies.
• Allows you to connect to the Internet faster. Most Internet users dial the same telephone number from the same location when going online. In this case, the modem stores the characteristics of the call and shortens the modem start-up sequence.
• V.92 improves upstream data rates by as much as 40%. While the current V.90 standard limits upstream data rates to 33.6 Kbits/sec, the new V.92 standard allows for an optimum upstream data rate of 48 Kbits/sec.
• Allows users to 'squash' more data through a dial-up connection via new V.44 compression technology. V.44 is designed to compress HTML code, the basis of most Web pages, thereby further improving the overall Internet experience.
What do I need to use V.92?
You should have four things on your checklist:
1. Your modem must support V.92
2. Your ISP must support V.92
3. You must have V.92 controller software installed. (Not all ISPs support all three V.92 features so please check with your ISP first)
4. You must have call waiting enabled on your phone line if you wish to use the hold feature.
Configuring V.92 software
Once you have a V.92 modem and an ISP that supports the V.92 features you wish to use, all you need to do is configure your V.92 control software. This software is generally an additional piece of software that gets installed after your modem driver (or can come integrated in your modem driver) the control software will contain a configuration page for the various V.92 components, this will allow you to define what you want to do with V.92. The control software will let you do some or all of the following:
• Tell the modem what to do with an incoming call when you are connected to the Internet (do you want to answer it or ignore it?).
• Allow you to place a call on hold and make an outbound phone call.
• Allow you to view the caller ID of the incoming call.
• Allow you to select if V.44 is used or not.
Most control software is very easy to use and will set itself up to start automatically when you start your PC (although this can always be changed).
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