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- From: Ben@netsurf.dungeon.com (Ben Formesyn)
- Newsgroups: alt.winsock,alt.winsock.trumpet,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is 2K(bytes) per second avg reasonable x-fer rate for 28,800 V34 modem?
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 20:06:13 GMT
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- In message <4elkpe$7is@caesar.ultra.net> "Albert P. Belle Isle" wrote:
-
- > Robert:
- >
- > I think you'll find that the best that a TCP/IP session can do over a
- > SLIP or PPP connection is limited by the speed of the modem. A 28.8Kbps
- > modem can never keep up with a 1544 Kbps (or faster) internet path.
- >
- > (Although, if your retail access provider buys his wholesale access at
- > 56Kbps, you might never get the chance to try <g>.)
-
- Some ISDN TA's are available now with V42 (eg the BT Ignition) giving 64Kbit
- or 128Kbit plus any more that the V42 can squeeze through. Every little bit
- :-) counts.
-
- Ben.
-
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