In a message of  Phil Roberts (1:157/554) writes:
 PR> I noticed a few days ago in an article in Computer Shopper, they 
 PR> recommended
 PR> that nobody should buy a 56k modem unless their 28.8k or 33.6k modem 
 PR> connects
 PR> at its' maximum rate.  This is a load of hogwash.  If X2/v.90 works at 
 PR> all, it should give you a faster connection than you're used to.
I don't know what to tell you Phil.  Computer Shopper is both the best (at 
some things) and the worst (at other things) publication on the market.
In my area, the best connect I ever got to my ISP was 26K4 at V.34(+), with 
x2 I regularly get 48K, sometimes 53K333.  True, I don't know where it goes 
after the initial connect... but transfer speeds seem to live up to x2 
promise.
   Gene Lowry
 
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