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Roland Stiner wrote in a message to Alan Rackmill:
AR>You will NEVER get 56K when you call into a BBS.
  >There has to be a digital connection on one end of the line.
 RS> No, but looking for a 33.6 connect.  Highest connect speed
 RS> has been 31.200.
AR>The way it is setup, only the internet providers have the necessary
  >digital connections to do this.
 RS> Understood.
AR>And even then, the 56k connect is one way only:  from the ISP to you.
  >If you send a file outbound, it will only go at a max speed of 33.6.
 RS> Understood, still looking for a 33.6 connect.  Even the
 RS> modem test says my line supports X2.
But you have to remember that there are many different lines between you and 
your ISP.
A problem in any of them could slow things down.
But, as I said in my last post to you, check the actual throughput rates for 
the data and see what that shows.
Alan
Team OS/2,
Fidonet 1:107/101, ibmNET 40:4371/101, OS2NET 80:135/15
internet: alanrackmill@mindspring.com
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