[ILUG] Connection speeds??

[Dermot Gorman]

Fowler wrote:
> 
> The max you'll actually get is 56,300 or there abouts - something to do
> with phone line quality and voltage and American FCC regulations
> I regularily get a constant 5.9k a sec here

Is there any way that i can increase the quality of the phone line from
 my end, e.g. use thicker wiring or shorten the line length?
dermot