Slo-o-o-o-w dial-up

In the past few days I have noticed that my dial-up is even slower than usual. Is there a virus or something that could be causing this? The little Send and Receive bars in Internet Connect seem spend a lot of time being empty, but until recently, I never paid attention to them.
Also, even though my speed is nominally 56K, I have never actually achieved this speed, usually around 48K and recently, only around 37K. My house is over 70 years old and I suspect that the phone lines are pretty old, too. Would that have an effect on dial-up speed in general?
One other thing, page display seems to speed up after I have been online a while. Maybe I'm just delerious after going semi-comatose from waiting.
BTW, I use a G5 iMac running OS10.4.2 and use Safari, but Firefox seems to be affected the same way.
Thanks

Hi Lindsey
"even though my speed is nominally 56K, I have never actually achieved this speed, usually around 48K and recently, only around 37K."
That is quite normal with dialup.
"My house is over 70 years old and I suspect that the phone lines are pretty old, too. Would that have an effect on dial-up speed in general?"
Yes it can. Get your telephone line provider to check it out. Also, check your junction boxes for acumulated fluff.

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