Dial-up connection rates improving
People using modems to log on to the Net are twice as likely to get connected as they were a year ago.
People dialing up the Net on their modems are twice as likely to get connected as they were a year ago, according to the latest figures by Net measurement company Inverse Network.
In fact, call success rates were at an all-time high for the month of August. The average call failure rate for major ISPs fell below 4 percent, the study said.
Even America Online, once plagued by dial-up problems, got an A-plus for its business-hour call rate, although it slipped to a B for evening hours.
"Do we want the Internet to be pervasive and reliable as Pacific Bell Network?" Roeckle said. "Then there's still a long way to go."
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