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Subject:Modem Speeds From:Steve Fouts <sfouts -at- ELLISON -dot- SC -dot- TI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:08:23 CST
Mike Uhl says:
|} BTW, to ensure a pleasant experience with a 28,800 modem, I suspect
|} we'll need extra clean data lines from the phone company. I pay for
|} such a line to make my 14,400 connections.
|}
Yes, you will need an ISDN line to push 28.8 KB/s reliably. I have a
14.4 connection that I use between Houston and Dallas. On clear nights,
I sometimes have trouble maintaining 14.4 (thank goodness for auto-baud
modems) and if there is a thunder storm between Houston and Dallas, I
might just as well drive up and get the files and drive back.
Editor's note: Steve is making use of hyperbole in his last sentence.
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