The best way of getting rid of it is to use as short of phone cords as possible with your modem, and if problems still persist, call your telephone provider and have a technician come to your home and analyze your line quality. If you are experiencing random dropped connections, try turning off data compression. With modem.inf being used, Windows may or may not send the correct command to disable data compression. If this happens, read your modem documentation and enter the AT command to disable data compression. Modems have limited buffer space for both error correction and Data compression.
Error correction is necessary to provide an error-free connection.
Also, when errors do happen, modem buffer space is needed to correct them. Modems have error thresholds that, when exceeded, will cause serial overruns and will hang up the call, resulting in a disconnection. Often times, powering down the PC and turning it back on a few moments later will reset the modem to its default state and it will again accept your commands. If it doesn't find one, the connection will time out. Click Start, Programs, Accessories, Dial-Up Networking.