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- From: curt@teleport.com (Curt...)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Advantage of V.34+/33.6 and other "Newbie" questions
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 09:33:29 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
- Message-ID: <30e8fb19.1566409@news.teleport.com>
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- > >I have learned that there are three distinct elements that will control your
- > >speed. (1)What you have. (2) The telephone line. and (3) What is at the other
- > >end. Unless they all 3 work perfect, you want get 28.8 speed all the time.
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- > I think you left out the most important factor affecting 28.8. Being
- > an ISP I can guarantee you the following to be the case. Folks use a
- > line which often has many telephones or answering machines on it.
- > Even though they are not "off hook", they add capacitance to the line
- > and enough impedence that the bandwidth is severely constricted. My
- > advice to someone who is serious about maximizing speed is to bring
- > the line directly to an A/B switch next to the computer, when in the A
- > position all the phones are connected to the line, in the B position
- > only the modem is connected.
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- Yes, I had this same problem with many phones and devices on my premises
- phone system. I bought a device from Radio Shack called a Teleprotector,
- and permanently wired it into my system at the Telco block so that it
- disconnects all other phone wiring whenever my modem is off hook. The
- Teleprotector is only $10. See my modem page for details.
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- Good luck to you.
- Curt...
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- Curt's High Speed Modem Page:
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