My 2c worth...I live in San Diego...I pay $8.46/month for unlimited internet
use.....I have a 56k Winmodem from U.S. Robotics and usually connect at
either 45,300 or 49,300. Should I consider myself lucky???
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Heuer <paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au>
To: <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:54 PM
Subject: RE: Photos
> Jarrid says:
> > Copper lines that go through much of the tel co's equipment have
> > lousy bandwidth, and noise, which at best limit the phase coherancy in
> > the modulation detection of the modem signal, which makes analog
> > links above 56K impossible, and links above 33K very persnickety
> > about line quality.
>
> Jeeeez Jarrid,
> Whats all this jargon? I mean 'persnickety'? This is a car list.
> How are we supposed to handle terms like that?
> Paul.
> S3, 14.4K, copper.
>
> (Mega :-) for the humour-challenged)
>
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