John, at 20:00 on Dec 25 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

PO>> speed) at this speed. However, one need to consider whether 
PO>> or not it is worth the trouble for the tiny bit of extra
PO>> bandwidth.

DD>> Tiny? 600-700 cps faster is better than a blow on the head 
DD>> with a blunt instrument!

JP> I take it you've experienced both ... 

But of course, do you think I was born like this?

JP> In any event, I would 
JP> sure like to see a 33600 (initial) connect. The session I 
JP> established with Paul last week showed some good results 
JP> (from what little results we had). I imagine that if I had 
JP> dialled his BBS and transferred the odd 1Mb file, the stats 
JP> would have proven just as good, if not better.

Must admit, I don't see as many initial 33,600 connects as I once did, but
nearly all of them upshift soon after connect.

The speed difference between 28,800 and 33,600 is more than the actual
speed files come down off the bloody Internet at.

David
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