On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 07:34:52PM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Niall O Broin thought:
> It's my understanding that 56K modems never actually reach that speed
> because the telecoms authorities won't allow enough transmitted power. With
> my 3Com message modem wvdial reports connection rates up to a max. of about
> 49000. I just installed another one of these modems on my brother's PC and
> whatever dialling software 'doze uses reported a connection rate of 52000,
> to my disgust. He was well pleased, as he had had a 28k modem and now he can
> listen to his favourite radio station in Sydney with Real Player.
>> So, why does he get this high a rate. He's off a different exchange than I
> am (presumably - 822 instead of 624) so that may be it, or maybe Windows is
> just better than Linux at handling modems :-)
>Would he let you boot off the ILUG BBC and test the connection speed
with that?
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