On 19 Oct 96, John Piper wrote to Paul Wankadia --



 PW> What is the maximum speed that Telstra's bog-standard lines can handle?

 JP> Telstra won't guarantee anything above 2400 (or is it 4800?) bps on

 JP> standard PSTN phone lines. Quite simply, the PSTN wasn't designed for

 JP> transmitting data at high speeds -- that's what ISDN was designed for.



ISDN?  Isn't that digital tho?  Or am I confused (yet again) ???



 JP> Unfortunately, ISDN is still not common enough of cheap enough for the

 JP> majority to implement. Ack.



ISDN comes in two types -- microlink and macrolink -- doesn't it?



 JP> If you can achieve solid 31.2k and 33.6k connects, you're doing well.



Uh huh.  BTW if you try to force a 33.6Kbps connect and the line condition is

just WAY too bad to even THINK about 33.6Kbps, would the modems just hang up

in disgust?



 PW> Wasn't V.FC more popular a little while back?

 JP> Until solid V.34 code appeared, yes. V.22bis was once popular too. |-)



Oh yes.  I remember (sort of :)



Chow.



Junyer Hakker.



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