Daniel Lowe wrote in a message to Dave Lyle:
 PD>   What in the Blazes is the REASON for such a LAW????
 DL> I would also like to know what the reason is.  I can suggest that
 DL> possibly it has something to do with crosstalk, or perhaps it has
 DL> something to do with the amount of current applied or extracted from
 DL> the line.  May also have something to do with maintaining a specific
 DL> average line current.
 DL> If anyone knows exactly the reason, I'm sure many of us would be
 DL> interested.
DL>  
DL> I don't know the exact reason, but during High school, we
DL> where taught that the faster the modem the more band width
DL> it took up.
    Yep... at 33k6 we reached the limit on the POTS line
    but X2 is a very different animal...
DL> Bascaiily each line is only allocated a certain amount
DL> only a certain amount is alloacated for each line. So if you
DL> started using more band width, you would interfere with
DL> other peoples calls. 
    Dont we do that already on some poor Phone lines?
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