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- From: krw@together.net
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: I think Ma Bell is about to screw us all....
- Date: 21 Mar 1996 03:03:16 GMT
- Organization: TGF Internet Services
- Message-ID: <4iqgtk$scn@bristlecone.together.net>
- References: <4idb3d$osq@gryphon.phoenix.net> <1996Mar18.003054.3199@netlabs.com>
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- In <1996Mar18.003054.3199@netlabs.com>, lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall) writes:
- >In article <4idb3d$osq@gryphon.phoenix.net>, <jwray@phoenix,net> wrote:
- >: Guess what...there is a built-in filter that appears to limit my
- >: connection speed to 24K. Guess what....that's just the way it is.
- >
- >I've never been able to connect at more than 16.8, and usually it's 14.4.
- >I'm not too terribly happy about the bucks I spent on a 28.8 modem...
-
- Well, I usually connect at 26.4 when My ISP has one available (not tonight).
- But let me assure you that the phone company will very soon be competing
- with the cable company, and the satellite broadcasters for you Inet service.
- The phone company will be forced to compete. They know this too.
- >
- >My one consolation is that that I can probably get someone else to buy
- >me the increasingly requisite ISDN line.
-
- I hope you don't expect me to ;-). I'm not sure ISDN is any answer. It
- may be a stop-gap, but no solution to the problem.
-
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- / Keith R. Williams
- / krw@together.net
- / Burlington Vermont
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