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Article #298Re: Dial-up Modem Speed of 56 Mbps? - Can't believe anyone took this seriously...
From: S
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:09
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:09
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"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns991D8C800FEFFthanexit@66.250.146.158... > You know more than I but you are not being logical. A modem can > NOT handle more than, say - in my case - 3500bps of data. Of > course, if that data was compressed to begin with or if it is > sent using yEnc, I will get it more of it in less time. And > certain text files can be compressed by 85% or more as anybody > who has ever zipped one knows. A bmp file will take forever > while a visually equivalent jpg sent using yEnc will take 1/15 > of the time. > > All that, however, has NOTHING to do with the subject. A modem > can only do SO MUCH with ANY data it receives. > > > -- > Disagreements and the usual insults expected and welcomed.
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