Re: Free news feed coming soon (maybe)

[cplater@rattlehead.pass.wayne.edu (Charles A. Plater)]

Brian Uhreen (bduhreen@spots.ab.ca) wrote:
: Edhel Iaur, Esq. <LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com> wrote:

: : I've heard that cable modems (maybe I'm just mixed up with 56K ones)
: : have a much lower sending rate than they do recieving rate.  I assume
: : that if this is true, you know about it.

: .Perhaps you are thinking of an ASDL modem its like 2000k down and 500k up.
:   At least that is what a local company here is saying they support.   

: Does anybody know if you can hook a 56k (not USR, take a look at
: ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/apple2/MiscInfo/Telcomm/k56flex), cable, or ASDL 
: to a GS assuming that the GS could run fast enough?


And then how would it connect?  These cable modems need TCP/IP, so until
we get something that does TCP/IP on the GS, we're out of luck

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