Re: Connect Speed

Gary McKinney (gmckinney@megabits.net)
Sun, 24 Aug 1997 17:29:27 -0400

Yes - This is also going to be a MAJOR factor with the 56K modems as well!
Distances greater than around 15,000 ft between the user and the CO will
most likely show NO advantage of the 56K speeds (that distance will add
enough Noise to the Signal to limit the maximum rates to around 28.8K or
less!).

Just a note....
gm..

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From: Don Lashier <dl@newportnet.com>
To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
Subject: Re: Connect Speed
Date: Sunday, August 24, 1997 12:33 AM

How far are they from the CO? This is the primary determining factor.
More than a mile or two and I see degraded speeds. This is assuming
there's no abnormal static on the line.

Don

On 08/23/97, at 10:52 PM, Gail A. Harless wrote:

>One of my customers has a Compaq Presario 33.6 vsc modem on a 3-month-old
>Presario 6708 computer. He is only connecting at 26400. We have Microcom
>ISPorte 33.6 rack modems. Is this a situation an init string could
>improve, or is it simply a phone line issue?

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Don Lashier dl@newportnet.com
Newport Internet http://www.newportnet.com/

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