[aclug-L] Modem problem? or ISP?

["Maverick, Ven-Han Ieong" <vhieong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, all

        I have a 56k USR x2 modem (external) and using Feist as ISP, and I
have been using it for almost 2 years. Since last few weeks, my modem will
be suddenly disconnected after connection is up for about 5 to 10 mins.
That is too much pain, since sometimes I am writing my mail..,(sometimes
it happend on Win95).

        Sometimes it will not be disconnected, althought the connection is
up for an hour or more. First, I thought the phone line problem, so I call
southwesten Bell and those techican guy came over, and they said the
line is ok, and luckily they didn't charge me at all.

I bring my modem to my friend and even my CPU to his house and
try in his place, my pc and modem seems work fine.

        How do I check the connection speed on linux?
        Any suggestion or comment are welcome?

        TIA.
                                        Ieong

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