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- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 512Kbps modem developed by Ericsson
- Date: 9 Apr 1996 03:48:28 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: an171@freenet5.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
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- References: <4k9grj$q2t@rubens.telebyte.nl>
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
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- Hong Zhou (hong@telebyte.nl) writes:
- > Hi all,
- >
- > I have just learned from Australia Financial Review
- > that a research Lab of Ericsson in Vianna has developed
- > a 512kbps modem for conventional telephone line.
- >
- > Has anyone else read this spetacular news as well?
-
- It's nothing new.. Companies have been selling devices which
- operater at huge speeds over "conventional telephone lines" for years now.
- What they don't tell you is that they don't operate over conventional
- switching equipments, which effectively means they do NOT run over your
- POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) line that you have running into your
- home. The absolute limit for modems on conventional phone lines that most
- all of us have running into our homes is 64kbps, and we'll never reach
- that limit. In practise, the limit is dependant on a few things, but
- tends to be between about 25kbps and 40kbps. v.34, which runs at speeds
- of up to 33.6kbps is getting pretty damn close to being as good as we're
- likely to get over current phone conditions. We may see soemthing like
- 38.4 modems in a couple of years, but don't hold your breath. If you're
- looking for more speed than that, ISDN is your best bet for the moment.
-
- Anthony
-
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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