Solution: This process usually appears when a new connection to the internet is set up by clicking on the "Make New Connection" option in the "Dial-Up Networking" folder. While this is a fast way to create a new connection, it skips many steps that can cause symptoms such as the abnormally long dialup time described above. To fix this issue, please follow these steps:
 

1. Double click on the "My Computer" icon on the Windows 95 or 98 desktop.
2. Double click on the "Dial-Up Networking" folder.
3. In the next window that shows up, there should be some items inside. You may see one of the following: "ISDN", "Kearney.net", or "Connection to 865-6636". Click once on this connection (If you have all three, perform this procedure on all of them).
4. Now, go to the "File" menu, and click "Properties".
5. The next window that pops up will have several options on it. Click on the "Server Types" tab across the top ("Server Types" may also be a button toward the bottom of the window; if this is the case, press the "Server Types" button).
6. In the next screen that pops up, there will be several check boxes. Make sure that the ONLY check boxes that have checks in them are: "Enable Software Compression" and "TCP/IP". If any other boxes have checks in them, uncheck them. The correct options that should be checked are shown in Figure 1 below, and are circled in red.
7. Click "OK", and "OK" again if necessary.
8. Do these steps, and you're done.

Figure 1