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echo: hs_modems
to: MIKE FARRILL
from: PRATAP DERRICK
date: 1997-05-11 21:39:00
subject: opinions, modems

MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to PRATAP DERRICK:
-> MIKE FARRILL wrote in a message to PRATAP DERRICK:
->
-> -> It could be my ISP is throttling.. so Im
-> -> going to change ISPs.
-> -> And I will let you know hahahahahahaha
-> MF> You might want to try mindspring, I hear they're a pretty
-> MF> good ISP.
->
-> yeah,  What Im having trouble with Mike is getting across
-> that a X2 modem ( MINE is STILL on its way, Nearly 6 months now)
-> want help me a whit unless I can get more bandwith on the
-> Internet..
MF> Actually, It will, Your slow modem is the bottleneck of the
MF> internet. The backbone runs at 622mbps, while modems run at
MF> a slow 28800 or 33600bps!
     hahahaha thats funny...
     but just not true... the problem being with a few million
     people sending on the internet..they get slowed down just
     like a freeway that turns into a parking lot around
     5 pm...
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