Some senseless babbling from Charles Gaefke to Jack Stein
on 09-19-99  19:54 about Re: Kib, Mib, gib: 1024^n...

 JS> Modem manufacturers have done a bang up job of confusing most everyone. 
Ev
 JS> hard core computer folks turn belly up when reading a modem manual...

 CG> Nowadays it is hard to obtain a modem with a manual.  I've got
 CG> manuals for both my Courier's and for my Sportster.  I rarely reference
 CG> them, but when I  do, they usually tell me exactly what I need.

My two Couriers are the only modems I've ever bought that came with a 
useful manual.

 CG> Really, though, I think the extinction of modems is in the near
 CG> future.   They just can't meet up with the demands of today's high
 CG> bandwidth  requirements.  Of course, if they'd ban advertisements, I
 CG> bet we wouldn't need half of what we're currently using.

Only if the only use you have for the Internet is web browsing.  That's not 
even my primary use.  I had a cable modem for two years (moved outside the 
service area), so I can say from experience that no one who uses the 
Internet for more than 5 minutes a day would consider any modem fast 
enough, when presented with the high-speed alternatives.  I'll be moving 
again in a few months, and hopefully DSL will be available there by then.

Using a modem is painful, now.

Mike Ruskai
thannymeister@yahoo.com


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