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Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:56:24 PST8
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Anybody need a modem?

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Ray Davison wrote:

> I have just been given a bunch of USR Sportster modems. They are only
> 33.6K. But, the last I heard no one was actually getting 56K from a 56K
> modem anyway, so maybe it doesn't make that much difference.
>
> Anybody want one?

A bit too lat for me -- I got one of those Aceena (?) 56K ones you
recommended, a while ago used on Ebay. (Still would have preferred one of
those cigarette pack sized ones, to go with the Shuttle, but I don't think
those were ever even available at 33.6.) Your observation is basically
correct, and depends greatly on the local line conditions, but I have seen
as good as 45K performance. The supported protocols -- V.90, V.92, etc.
-- can also make a difference. I think all of the decent, later modems
had adaptive levelling.

Jordan

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