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- From: krw@together.net
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why does USR charge a premium for their Sportster modems?
- Date: 13 Apr 1996 03:57:51 GMT
- Organization: TGF Internet Services
- Message-ID: <4kn8nv$98l@bristlecone.together.net>
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- In <4kdiie$db@clarknet.clark.net>, alexb@clark.net (Alex Batson) writes:
- >On 08 Apr 96 10:06:00, Richard Town wrote:
-
- >The bandwidth alloted to an ordinary analog phone line is about
- >2600Hz. I read that a full 28.8 connection requires about 3000Hz,
- >and no less. I wouldn't pay a red cent for a 33.6 modem.. I'd
- >still only get 24-26k on it..!
-
- This is a gross over-simplification! According to the modem engineers
- that I know, this is simply a falacy, V.34 is a very tricky standard and
- requires tremendous ingenuity to make it work over POTS. The people
- that know, regard *good* 33.6K as a testiment to the quality of the
- V.34 implementation. To say it another way, 33.6K shows that the modem
- engineers have the absolute very best implementation available. A
- 33.6K modem has a far better chance of connecting at a higher rate than
- the basic 28.8K. Not all v.34 modems are created equal either. Some
- manufacturers care little about the v.34 specification.
- /----------------------------------------------------------
- / Keith R. Williams
- / krw@together.net
- / Burlington Vermont
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