> After a couple of semi-duds, I bought myself an external Diamond SupraExpress
> 56e Pro. Works well, after an initial problem (I was sent a UK cable,
> tut) -- but it still doesn't take away from the fact that accessing the
> net over a 56k modem sucks badly.
Yep (got a UK one as well, but you can easliy buy adaptors in places
like Roches, I think).
Externals are great. But then, I'm one of the <<small number of ppl here
on non-SuckingIntelHardware forced to using externals ...
> I'm currently getting 100ms pings to www.clubi.ie (logged on via Clubi
> obviously!), running at 44k, which is about as good as it gets on
> my phone line.
I'm on 33.6 connected to 28.8 (which makes the line max out at around
2.2k/s on OBSD ...), and get about 200ms ... bah.
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