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Re: Phone lines

Subject: Re: Phone lines
From: CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 06:16:56 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.comm
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2001 23:37:09 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>     Our connection is over a standard phone line and, at "56k", we usually
>connect at 46k-48k bits/second. I guess a special line might help; but, it's
>not clear how much and whether the gain would be worth the cost.

You probably would see little to no gain in performance by trying to
improve you connection.  The "56K" speed that the modems list is a
theorectical maximum that is almost certain to never be achieved.

48,000 bps is about the normal real world maximum speed you'll ever
get.

--
 Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II Unversity on A2Central.com

References:
- Phone lines
  - From: "Adalbert Goertz" <goertz@cyberspace.org>
- Re: Phone lines
  - From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>

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