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echo: aust_modem
to: John Piper
from: Con Aidonidis
date: 1996-07-26 19:22:26
subject: Fallback limits

JP> On Friday July 19 1996, Con Aidonidis wrote to Russell Brooks ...
JP> 
JP>  CA> i got my modem in may, the option of getting a 33.6k modem was only
JP> $30,
JP>  CA> u know why i don't have a 33.6k? because i didn't want one and know
JP> that i
JP>  CA> would hardly ever get 33.6k connection speed, its a hard fact of life
JP> that
JP>  CA> no one can always get good conection speeds without fibre optics or by
JP>  CA> luck
JP> 
JP> Bollocks! Your hard facts of life are far from the truth. I am certainly
JP> able to achieve 33k6 connections to other systems running V.34+ modems.
JP> While it's not a 100% hit rate, it is definitely possible.
JP> 
JP> John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)
JP> 

well i guess your just one of the lucky ones, ive read of ppl hardly being 
able to get 28.8k connections, to achieve a 28.8k, you need a nearly 
perfect line, for 33.6k i believe you need a perfect connection



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