On 2/14/99 2:27 AM so and so (ccrobins) said. (And I quote:)
>
> How is everybody doing on this? I bought a 56K v.90 MODEM and the
>best it ever gets on at is 493000.
>
> Spld another identical MODEM to my neighbor lady and it never gets on
>at better than 48000.
>
> How are a\other listers doing?
>
> CR
56K is the "theoretical" maximum. Phone line quality affects maximum
speed. I read somewhere that the Feds (FCC) won't allow more than about
50K or something like that.
OTOH 493K is nothing to bitch about ;-)
Larry Macy (ISDN 128K connection - actual speed ~105K)
78 Midget
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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