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- From: flodin@eskimo.com (evilsofa)
- Subject: Re: faster than 28.8
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- References: <sumner-2001961044440001@sumner.tiac.net> <3100F2BB.1C70@tomco.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:46:41 GMT
-
- In article <3100F2BB.1C70@tomco.net>, whitnall@tomco.net wrote:
-
- > From reading a thread in dc.general about the problems an
- > ISP was having with Bell Atlantic, I gather that regular
- > phone lines will not support speeds greater than 28.8k
-
- While I do not own one myself, I have seen a user with a USR Courier V.34+
- connect to a BBS with another USR Courier V34+ (these modems support speed
- up to 33600, but only with another USR V34+) and connect at 31200. They
- haven't gotten any better than that yet, and the line quality seems good,
- so this may well be the real limit.
-
- > and
- > certain switches used by Bell Atlantic between fiber and
- > copper will degrade that to 25-26k in some cases. Another
- > point made in that discussion is that the phone companies
- > never promised anyone to provide speeds anywhere near 28.8k
- > on a regular phone line.
-
- Around here in the Seattle area, at least, they are required to provide a
- line that will do 9600baud fax if it is needed. Any more than that is
- entirely up to the quality of your modem.
-
- > In fact, they have no incentive to
- > provide fast, reliable access to the internet over regular phone
- > lines, since they're pushing ISDN for that now.
-
- Of course! They have always wanted to charge extra for modem time on the
- regular lines, but they just haven't dared to try it. Instead, they put
- together ISDN (which IS a lot better solution than fooling with POTS, no
- question) and are attempting to charge double or triple what it costs
- them.
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