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echo: hs_modems
to: PRATAP DERRICK
from: MIKE FARRILL
date: 1997-05-13 21:43:00
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...
I know that, but your modem is the weekest link.
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