Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype. HYPE!! I GET 46K

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From: John Navas
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00

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"Eva Struthers" <caleb@csonline.net> wrote:

>This may not be too relevant, but I thought it was interesting.
>FCC regulations restrict power output of a service provider's
>modem, so you can't get above approx. 53k.

That depends on the encoding -- it's not a hard limit.

>I have a 33.6 and I can't ever get above 26.4, because
>my lines suck.  I have a friend who says his modem is
>the exact same modem as our local ISP(a 33.6), so he gets 115k
>connections, because they handshake well, but he has 
>yet to prove this, or even come close.

Not true -- because he used the wrong INF file when he installed his
modem, Win95 reports the serial port speed, NOT the modem connect speed.

p.s.  Please help stop the massive inappropriate cross-posting of this
thread!

--
Best regards,
John  mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
      28800-56K Modem FAQ:  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html

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From: Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John Navas)
Subject: Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype.  HYPE!!  I GET 46K
Date: 1997/06/10
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