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  1. Path: winternet.com!ppp-66-49
  2. From: nde@winternet.com (Andy Yee)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: Anything above 28.8kbs is bosh!
  5. Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 05:26:31 GMT
  6. Organization: StarNet Communications
  7. Message-ID: <4d4re7$bio_001@dialup.winternet.com>
  8. References: <4cgtdn$h3s@blackice.winternet.com> <4d0mu0$csj@news.flinet.com>
  9. NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-66-49.dialup.winternet.com
  10. X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4
  11.  
  12. In article <4d0mu0$csj@news.flinet.com>, kristof@flinet.com wrote:
  13. >
  14. >Check the effective sustained throughput rate (disregarding any 
  15. >compression if any) and then declare your connection 28.8 kbps.
  16. >
  17.  
  18. That's not just my initial connection rate.  I've downloaded and my rates do 
  19. vary, but I can usually sustain 2.8Kbytes to 3.2 Kbytes....Also, the 2 digit 
  20. LED display shows the CURRENT speed.
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  23. Andy Yee
  24. President
  25. New Directions Engineering Inc.
  26. http://www.winternet.com/~nde
  27. ___________________________________________________________________________
  28. "Democrats...They think that all government is good; it can make you
  29. healthier, taller, improve your golf game...
  30.  
  31. Republicans, on the other hand, think that all government is bad.  Then
  32. they get elected to office and PROVE IT."
  33.  
  34. - P. J. O'Rourke
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