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- From: user@cnw.com (Connect Northwest Customer)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: are 'byte-wide' modems possible
- Date: 21 Apr 1996 06:02:47 GMT
- Organization: Connect Northwest
- Message-ID: <4lcj27$ka2@lassen.cnw.com>
- References: <Ken.Crossman-1104961348100001@ts1-port4.mas.ualberta.ca> <4l4g8c$968@sam.inforamp.net> <morris-1804962309420001@morris.vip.best.com>
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- In article <morris-1804962309420001@morris.vip.best.com>, morris@best.com
- says...
- >
- >In article <4l4g8c$968@sam.inforamp.net>, crs0794@inforamp.net (Geoffrey
- >Welsh) wrote:
- >
- >> In article <Ken.Crossman-1104961348100001@ts1-port4.mas.ualberta.ca>,
- >> Ken.Crossman@ualberta.ca (Ken Crossman) wrote:
- >> >The latest word about modems has it that 33.6kb is about the limit. If I
- >>
- >> "About the limit" is a good description. I'm sure that we could go higher,
- >> but why bother putting research into slight gains? We certainly won't be
- >> doubling the bit rate again unless the entire telephone network is
- >> revolutionized.
- >>
- ><snip>
- >
- >
- >Let's try another tack. Is there any reasonable way to bond together two
- >analogue lines in order to get 67.2 kbps without the metered cost of ISDN?
- >
- >Paul
-
- There's no "reasonable" way. You can run multiple phone lines/modems if
- you're load balancing on two terminal servers, but that's about it as far as
- my limited knowledge sees it.
-
- JPF
-
-