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- From: Pete 'Happy' Thomas <happy@gtalumni.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Winmodem 288
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:01:13 -0400
- Organization: Painless Computing
- Message-ID: <31768369.3995@gtalumni.org>
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- Too true! I'm in the 'burbs of D.C.--not a backwater, at all--but my phone
- lines are so crummy, that I cannot reliably get anything better than 16800--and
- I often have trouble sending and receiving faxes. The phone company shrugs and
- offers to come out and fix things with line conditioners, etc.--for $100s. I'll
- go ISDN (or cable modem (?) as soon as its feasible and a little more
- economical.
-
- --Pete
-
- James Gallegos wrote:
- > Agreed with Anthony! I too have a Winmodem and more often than not, I'll
- > connect to my ISP at 26400. Seldom do I connect at 28800, but I have
- > perhaps 20% of the time. Sadly to say, I feel that this discussion will
- > be moot in a couple of years when ISDN and Cable modems will all leave the
- > 28.8 crowd in the molasses! For now, enjoy what you can!!!
-