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- From: dschmidt@shadow.net (David B. Schmidt)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Can a normal phone line trnsfr 28.8 ????
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 11:36:13 EST
- Organization: Serious lack of, 1 each
- Message-ID: <4fd989$7r6@bud.shadow.net>
- References: <4f56v7$ah3@dawn.mmm.com> <3116a13b.5177412@news.tir.com>
- Reply-To: dschmidt@shadow.net (David B. Schmidt)
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- In article <3116a13b.5177412@news.tir.com>, destarr@tir.com says...
- >
- >On 5 Feb 1996 15:15:51 GMT, wehaushalter@mmm.com (Bill Haushalter)
- >wrote:
- >
- >>Someone told me I'm wasting my money on a 28.8 beacuse a normal phone
- line can
- >>only transfer 14.4. Who's blowing the smoke here?
- >
- >I've been using a USR 33.6 Sportster since late November. I normally
- >connect at 26.4 to my ISP and the one or two LD bbs's I still call,
- >with an occasional 28.8 connection to my ISP.
-
- Basically, 28.8 is pushing the bandwidth available on standard voice
- lines... but with crystal clear lines - 33.6 *is* possible - 28.8 *is*
- possible, but 26.4 is about the best you can hope for in standard
- throughput (counting both send/recieve sides.) But as far as smoking
- goes... 28.8 is worth the money, even if you plan on isdn in the future
- just because, like the 5.25" floppy, you get isdn - doesn't mean everyone
- else will (plus the FAX cap.) Even if you just get 19,2 connects -
- that's one hell of an improvment over 14.4 - all things considered.
-
- -David <dschmidt@shadow.net>
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