-> -=> Quoting Dan Millen on 16 Aug 96  03:51:41 to Adriano Macuglia <=-
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-> DM> As of right now, the phones lines can't handle that fast of a
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-> Dan, you're in Zone 1 and Adriano is in Zone 2. I'd be a little
-> hesitant to tell him what his phone lines can handle. Considering
-> he's across the 'pond' and all.
->
-> DM> throughput.  Unless all of the lines have been upgraded recently
-> DM> no one has told me (a very strong possibility) then you shouldn't
->
-> The connect rate is dependent upon the phone line quality. If your
-> tel'co has poor lines you're going to get poor results. My tel'co
-> has mostly fiber so I can get 31.2 connects with my ISP (the telco)
-> and he is about 120 miles away.
-> You can hear from others in this echo that complain they can't get a
-> 28.8 connect with someone down the street from them. The problem
-> isn't the modem, it's the phone lines in your *area*. But to make
-> such a wide sweeping generality (that crosses entire continents)
-> that the phone lines can't handle it is incorrect.
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I was just adding my $.02.  It was a thought, and well, I know that it is a 
problem in my area, and in most of the US.  I was making a statement about 1 
of the many possible reasons that could be the problem. 
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