Re: Modem speed/Data transfer rates

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From: Peter Ceresole
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 00:00

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In article <19961203001228269242@chadales.demon.co.uk>,
david@chadales.demon.co.uk (Dave Howard) wrote:

>I have a 14.4 USR modem which seems to behave itself.
>Now I know that 14.4 is slow, and I'm considering upgrading, *but*,
>is it worth upgrading when a lot of the speeds that I see as I access
>web sites and FTP sites are well below 1k/s, sometimes 800/sec, even
>300, 50, and 0!

I asked myself exactly the same question a year and a bit ago, and all I
can say is that over all the increase in speed *was* phenomenal. If my
experience is anything at all to go by, even the slow throughputs do get
quicker. It was explained to me by someone who knows what they are talking
about, and I have forgotten the explanation, but it happens.

-- 
Peter

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From: peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole)
Subject: Re: Modem speed/Data transfer rates
Date: 1996/12/03
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