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Re: Dial-up Modem Speed of 56 Mbps? - Can't believe anyone took this seriously...

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From: paulmd
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:09

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On Apr 24, 3:24 am, "Noozer" <dont.s...@me.here> wrote:
> "thanatoid" <wait...@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message
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> news:Xns991C97AB1B12thanexit@66.250.146.158...
>
>
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> > Radium <gluceg...@gmail.com> wrote in
> >news:1177378238.361891.73650@y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> Hi:
>
> >> Is it possible to obtain a 56 Mbps connection using 1,000
> >> dial-modems with a 1,000 different telephone ports and
> >> numbers?
>
> >> Each line gives a max of 56 Kbps, so if 1,000 are used,
> >> could this give a max of 56 Mbps?
>
> >> Thanks,
>
> >> Radium
>
> > Can't believe anyone took this question seriously. Even *I* can
> > tell the guy is a fucking troll.
>
> And what's worse, someone giving a reasonable response to a stupid question,
> or someone who just likes to bitch?
>
> ...and 56k modems were regulated to 53k. Also, There is no easy way to
> amalgamate all the connections into a single stream. Just put two 100mbit
> network cards in a PC. It won't let you download at 200mbit. It will let you
> have two 100mbit streams though.

You can never tell in advance who's a troll, and who actually just
wants an answer to a wild thought they had. It is an interesting
question, in theory.

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