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echo: aust_modem
to: Russell Brooks
from: John Piper
date: 1996-10-21 22:45:44
subject: Push to 56k

On Saturday, October 19 1996, Russell Brooks wrote to Danny Keogh ...

 DK> Yeah, right!  Pity the Telstra phone lines can't handle 56K.
 DK> They have enough trouble handling 33.6K.

 RB> Bsssst..... WRONG

Bsssst? Let us clear up the ambiguity here: Does "phone lines"
mean DIGITAL phone lines, or analogue PSTN phone lines in the above
context?

I'd be surprised if a modem could push 56k down an average PSTN phone line
without truckloads of errors and drop-outs.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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