DIAL UP / MODEM / PORT PROBLEM

In article <415b1318_1.DeleteThis@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
davidinmullion.DeleteThis@hotmail.com says...
 > Hi,
 >
 > When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
 > no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
 > connect again later. Each time I get an error message
 >
 > ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
 >
 > The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
 > PC.
 >
 > I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
 >
 > Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > David Russell
 >
 >
 >


I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a very
convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup, etc.)
those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:35:11 GMT Humanity I love.It's just people who
piss me off kony <spam.DeleteThis@spam.com> wrote :

 >On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0100, "David"
 ><davidinmullion.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
 >
  >>Hi,
  >>
  >>When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
  >>no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
  >>connect again later. Each time I get an error message
  >>
  >>ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
  >>
  >>The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
  >>PC.
  >>
  >>I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
  >>
  >>Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
  >>
  >>Regards,
  >>
  >>David Russell
  >>
 >
 >- Uninstall/reinstall modem driver
 >- New modem driver
 >- New modem

What he said



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kony <spam.DeleteThis@spam.com> wrote in message news:<v27ml0pp0qth53b6gfsbf0flpd99gh255g.DeleteThis@4ax.com>...
 > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0100, "David"
 > <davidinmullion.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
 >
  > >Hi,
  > >
  > >When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
  > >no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
  > >connect again later. Each time I get an error message
  > >
  > >ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
  > >
  > >The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
  > >PC.
  > >
  > >I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
  > >
  > >Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
  > >
  > >Regards,
  > >
  > >David Russell
  > >
 >
 > - Uninstall/reinstall modem driver
 > - New modem driver
 > - New modem

To expand a bit on Kony's reply -

Check your System Properties and see if there's more than one modem
installed. If so, this can sometimes cause dialling problems. Yell if
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"yak" <spam.RemoveThis@hormel.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bc50063d90559fb989cde@proxy.news.easynews.com...
 > In article <415b1318_1.RemoveThis@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
 > davidinmullion.RemoveThis@hotmail.com says...
  >> Hi,
  >>
  >> When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there
  >> is
  >> no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
  >> connect again later. Each time I get an error message
  >>
  >> ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
  >>
  >> The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart
  >> the
  >> PC.
  >>
  >> I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
  >>
  >> Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
  >>
  >> Regards,
  >>
  >> David Russell
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 >
 > I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a very
 > convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup, etc.)
 > those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.
 >
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
 > bucks shipped.

I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset but
is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it is
designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA
(PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full hardware
modems. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.intel.com/design/modems/" target="_blank">http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</a>

There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding some
specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mainpine.com," target="_blank">www.mainpine.com,</a> the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere Venus
chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem chipsets
for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.

The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
(without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
"hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!

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In article <415b921e$1$82262$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
p_murphynothanks.TakeThisOut@tospamhotmail.com says...
 > "yak" <spam.TakeThisOut@hormel.com> wrote in message
 > news:MPG.1bc50063d90559fb989cde@proxy.news.easynews.com...
  > > In article <415b1318_1.TakeThisOut@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
  > > davidinmullion.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com says...
   > >> Hi,
   > >>
   > >> When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there
   > >> is
   > >> no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
   > >> connect again later. Each time I get an error message
   > >>
   > >> ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
   > >>
   > >> The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart
   > >> the
   > >> PC.
   > >>
   > >> I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
   > >>
   > >> Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
   > >>
   > >> Regards,
   > >>
   > >> David Russell
   > >>
   > >>
   > >>
  > >
  > >
  > > I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a very
  > > convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup, etc.)
  > > those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.
  > >
  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
  > > bucks shipped.
 >
 > I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
 > chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset but
 > is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
 > winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it is
 > designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA
 > (PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
 > compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
 > processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
 > along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
 > associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
 > whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full hardware
<font color=purple> > modems. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font" target="_blank">http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font</a>>
 >
 > There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding some
 > specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mainpine.com," target="_blank">www.mainpine.com,</a> the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
 > chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere Venus
 > chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem chipsets
 > for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.
 >
 > The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
 > (without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
 > "hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
 > need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!
 >
 > Paul
 >
 >
 >
 >


Oh boo fucking hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a shit. It works. They
can call it a virginia ham for all I care.

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"yak" <spam.RemoveThis@hormel.com> wrote in message
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 > In article <415b921e$1$82262$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
 > p_murphynothanks.RemoveThis@tospamhotmail.com says...
  >> "yak" <spam.RemoveThis@hormel.com> wrote in message
  >> news:MPG.1bc50063d90559fb989cde@proxy.news.easynews.com...
   >> > In article <415b1318_1.RemoveThis@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
   >> > davidinmullion.RemoveThis@hotmail.com says...
   >> >> Hi,
   >> >>
   >> >> When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection
   >> >> there
   >> >> is
   >> >> no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want
   >> >> to
   >> >> connect again later. Each time I get an error message
   >> >>
   >> >> ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
   >> >>
   >> >> The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to
   >> >> restart
   >> >> the
   >> >> PC.
   >> >>
   >> >> I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
   >> >>
   >> >> Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
   >> >>
   >> >> Regards,
   >> >>
   >> >> David Russell
   >> >>
   >> >>
   >> >>
   >> >
   >> >
   >> > I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a
   >> > very
   >> > convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup,
   >> > etc.)
   >> > those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.
   >> >
   >> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
   >> > bucks shipped.
  >>
  >> I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
  >> chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset
  >> but
  >> is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
  >> winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it
  >> is
  >> designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or
  >> PCMCIA
  >> (PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
  >> compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
  >> processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
  >> along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
  >> associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
  >> whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full
  >> hardware
<font color=green>  >> modems. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font" target="_blank">http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font</a>>
  >>
  >> There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding
  >> some
  >> specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mainpine.com," target="_blank">www.mainpine.com,</a> the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
  >> chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere
  >> Venus
  >> chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem
  >> chipsets
  >> for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.
  >>
  >> The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
  >> (without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
  >> "hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
  >> need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!
  >>
  >> Paul
  >>
 >
 > Oh boo fucking hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a shit. It works. They
 > can call it a virginia ham for all I care.
 >
 > I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.
 >
Please don't misunderstand me yak, the point of my post is simply to
inform - because there's lots of misinformation out there and misinformation
on this scale is leading to LOTS of people buying items that they may
otherwise have steered clear of for another model with better features (full
hardware unit) for a similar or only slightly higher price. While its true
that the ambient chipset based modems are reasonably reliable compared with
other controller-less ones (You're not alone - I fell for the "Hardware
Modem" sales patter on a virginia ham too - I have since sold the machine
with that Ambient modem in it though), the full hardware based modems tend
to dominate the reliability (and compatibility) ratings hands down, that's
why multiport modem makers (who make specialised modems for servers) such as
Mainpine, predominantly use full hardware chipsets and even make their own
specialised PCI bridge for full hardware chipsets not intended to run on a
PCI bus.

yak, can you honestly say that you're not even a little peeved that you
bought something based on misinformation which, had you known the truth
about and been presented with other *similar priced* items (particularly
Topic based units), may have gone with a full hardware unit instead - I know
that was the case for me! I get annoyed over things that wrong people and
act to try and fix those situations the best way I know how to.

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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:52:59 GMT Humanity I love.It's just people who
piss me off yak <spam RemoveThis @hormel.com> wrote :

 >In article <415b921e$1$82262$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
 >p_murphynothanks@tospamhotmail.com says...
  >> "yak" <spam RemoveThis @hormel.com> wrote in message
  >> news:MPG.1bc50063d90559fb989cde@proxy.news.easynews.com...
   >> > In article <415b1318_1 RemoveThis @mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
   >> > davidinmullion RemoveThis @hotmail.com says...
   >> >> Hi,
   >> >>
   >> >> When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there
   >> >> is
   >> >> no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
   >> >> connect again later. Each time I get an error message
   >> >>
   >> >> ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
   >> >>
   >> >> The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart
   >> >> the
   >> >> PC.
   >> >>
   >> >> I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
   >> >>
   >> >> Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
   >> >>
   >> >> Regards,
   >> >>
   >> >> David Russell
   >> >>
   >> >>
   >> >>
   >> >
   >> >
   >> > I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a very
   >> > convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup, etc.)
   >> > those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.
   >> >
   >> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
   >> > bucks shipped.
  >>
  >> I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
  >> chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset but
  >> is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
  >> winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it is
  >> designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA
  >> (PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
  >> compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
  >> processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
  >> along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
  >> associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
  >> whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full hardware
<font color=green>  >> modems. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font" target="_blank">http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font</a>>
  >>
  >> There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding some
  >> specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mainpine.com," target="_blank">www.mainpine.com,</a> the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
  >> chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere Venus
  >> chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem chipsets
  >> for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.
  >>
  >> The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
  >> (without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
  >> "hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
  >> need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!
  >>
  >> Paul
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 >
 >Oh boo fucking hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a shit. It works. They
 >can call it a virginia ham for all I care.
 >
 >I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.

PIMPLMAO



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"Shep©" <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.net> wrote in message
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 > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:52:59 GMT Humanity I love.It's just people who
<snip>
  >>Oh boo fucking hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a shit. It works. They
  >>can call it a virginia ham for all I care.
  >>
  >>I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.
 >
 > PIMPLMAO
 >
As you can see from my earlier post and lengthy follow-up, this is an issue
I always take seriously (misrepresentation selling). Not everyone will feel
the same importance for it, fair enough, but if its enough to make a few
purchasers aware so they can make truely informed purchasing decisions,
rather than being misled (WYSIWYG doesn't always apply - especially with
regards to PCI modems), then I'm happy that my mission will be accomplished!

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yak wrote:
 > In article <415b1318_1.RemoveThis@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
 > davidinmullion.RemoveThis@hotmail.com says...
  >> Hi,
  >>
  >> When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection
  >> there is no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected
  >> and then want to connect again later. Each time I get an error
  >> message
  >>
  >> ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
  >>
  >> The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to
  >> restart the PC.
  >>
  >> I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
  >>
  >> Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
  >>
  >> Regards,
  >>
  >> David Russell
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 >
 > I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a
 > very convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at
 > startup, etc.) those can fail and leave it without anything to talk
 > to.
 >
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
 > bucks shipped.

Sometimes a rural line can be a bit crackly too and fool the modem into
thinking the line is in use. A different modem will often fix it.
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yak wrote:
 > In article <415b921e$1$82262$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
 > p_murphynothanks.TakeThisOut@tospamhotmail.com says...
  >> "yak" <spam.TakeThisOut@hormel.com> wrote in message
  >> news:MPG.1bc50063d90559fb989cde@proxy.news.easynews.com...
   >>>
   >>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for
   >>> 13 bucks shipped.
  >>
  >> I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The
  >> Intel/Ambient chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a
  >> full hardware chipset but is in fact controllerless - otherwise
  >> known as a form of winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full
  >> hardware chipset however but it is designed to be easily
  >> incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA (PC Card)
  >> modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
  >> compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell
  >> faster processors though since people need to use them to "assist"
  >> their modem along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that
  >> was bandied about associated with these devices or did the A stand
  >> for Accelerated...... whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based
  >> Internal modems are NOT full hardware modems.
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font" target="_blank">http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font</a>>
  >>
  >> There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though,
  >> excluding some specialised multiport devices such as some of those
  >> made by <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mainpine.com," target="_blank">www.mainpine.com,</a> the buyer is left with choosing a unit
  >> based on certain chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or
  >> the Lucent/Agere Venus chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any
  >> full hardware modem chipsets for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.
  >>
  >> The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse
  >> softmodems (without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP)
  >> being sold as "hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers
  >> disgusts me. Buyers need to beware and fully research prospective
  >> purchases in advance!
 >
 > Oh boo fucking hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a shit. It works.
 > They can call it a virginia ham for all I care.
 >
 > I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.

Paul has a point yak, although he did flog it a bit. Newegg lied to you and
took your money on false pretenses.
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In article <2s34mhF1gs229U1.DeleteThis@uni-berlin.de>, misfit61nz.DeleteThis@hooya.co.nz
says...
 > yak wrote:
  > > In article <415b921e$1$82262$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
  > > p_murphynothanks.DeleteThis@tospamhotmail.com says...
   > >> "yak" <spam.DeleteThis@hormel.com> wrote in message
   > >> news:MPG.1bc50063d90559fb989cde@proxy.news.easynews.com...
   > >>>
   > >>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">www.newegg.com</a> I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for
   > >>> 13 bucks shipped.
   > >>
   > >> I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The
   > >> Intel/Ambient chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a
   > >> full hardware chipset but is in fact controllerless - otherwise
   > >> known as a form of winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full
   > >> hardware chipset however but it is designed to be easily
   > >> incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA (PC Card)
   > >> modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
   > >> compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell
   > >> faster processors though since people need to use them to "assist"
   > >> their modem along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that
   > >> was bandied about associated with these devices or did the A stand
   > >> for Accelerated...... whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based
   > >> Internal modems are NOT full hardware modems.
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font" target="_blank">http://www.intel.com/design/modems/</font</a>>
   > >>
   > >> There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though,
   > >> excluding some specialised multiport devices such as some of those
   > >> made by <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mainpine.com," target="_blank">www.mainpine.com,</a> the buyer is left with choosing a unit
   > >> based on certain chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or
   > >> the Lucent/Agere Venus chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any
   > >> full hardware modem chipsets for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.
   > >>
   > >> The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse
   > >> softmodems (without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP)
   > >> being sold as "hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers
   > >> disgusts me. Buyers need to beware and fully research prospective
   > >> purchases in advance!
  > >
  > > Oh boo fucking hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a shit. It works.
  > > They can call it a virginia ham for all I care.
  > >
  > > I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.
 >
 > Paul has a point yak, although he did flog it a bit. Newegg lied to you and
 > took your money on false pretenses.
 > --
 > ~misfit~
 >
 >
 >


Nah they didn't, I just didn't care. The box says 'hardware based.' I
didn't buy it because it was a hardware modem. I bought it because it
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"David" <davidinmullion.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<415b1318_1.RemoveThis@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>...
 > Hi,
 >
 > When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
 > no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
 > connect again later. Each time I get an error message
 >
 > ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
 >
 > The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
 > PC.
 >
 > I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
 >
 > Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > David Russell

I agree with someone else about the quality of rural lines. I
experience problems with my dial-up all the time. I thought it was
the modem, but after replacement I was still experiencing problems. I
am now at school where I have hi-speed access, so I don't use my home
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"David" <davidinmullion.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<415b1318_1.TakeThisOut@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>...
 > Hi,
 >
 > When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
 > no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
 > connect again later. Each time I get an error message
 >
 > ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY
 >
 > The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
 > PC.
 >
 > I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
 >
 > Please can anyone suggest what I should do?
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > David Russell


Hi David, I'm not going to take the time to read all of your responses
to this question, but remember that Abe Lincoln said "Beleive only
half of what you see and nothing of what you hear". I hate Win Modems,
but they have the ability to drop the line at the end of a session.
Research your modem book and you will find a command "ATH". It's
purpose is to drop the line (hang up). Your modem may not be using
that command. Try uninstalling the modem and reinstalling it. It may
not have been set up correctly the first time. You may have to check
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