My dial up modem is getting very slow. Why is that?

[scrawnyquiet803]

My dial up modem I use to connect to the internet through AOL gives me a slower connection every time I use it. It started doing this last week. I had this modem since 2001. I got 56k all the time until last week. it keeps dropping 5k every time i log on. Is my modem dying?
Thanks Rute, I see squirrels on the line right now because I have a tree where they live by my house where the phone line goes through. I'll do what I can!

[Rute]

Static on the phone lines. They may be getting corroded, maybe animals are nibbling on them, etc. May need to contact your local phone provider to have them test, maybe even replace, your lines.

[AJILAN]

Yes,Please update the modem.the newest modam get highspeed

[aron]

If your modem is on and you are just trying to access the internet and the internet connection is slow. This is because:
•You might not have enough data bundles.
•You might be in an area where the network signal is not strong enough.
•You might want to contect your service provider and get more info.
•Your internet browser that you are using might have a problem. Try to clean up your history, cookies, cache and Pushed contents.
•Disable add-ons
•Try another service provider.
•If your dialup modem has wi-fi disable it.
Hope this was useful and good luck to solving your problem.