This modem not only increases the speed and reliability of your connection, but will also free up resources on your computer allowing it to run more efficiently. The fourth problem is usually harder to identify and even harder to fix. Modern telephone systems will under no conditions support 56k communications. This is due to FCC regulations and a physical impossibility. However, the current modem technology allows modems to attempt to communicate at the highest rate the phone system will allow.
Computer modems communicate through audible signals.
These signals are easily corruptible when the modem is already communicating at the maximum speed the telephone system supports. When a modem's signal is interfered with too much, the modem will slow down to compensate or disconnect all together. Being that the Black Hills is equipped with relatively old phone systems and phone companies are installing newer phone systems that further impede modem communications, problems with disconnections are not uncommon. The phone company may be able to help you with this problem, but this can be helped with a higher quality modem.