Re: Connect Speed

Dick St.Peters (stpeters@NetHeaven.com)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 14:24:07 -0400

A sysadmin/support guy working for me lives 12 miles from his CO; he
connects at 31.2

Copper pair all the way from CO to his farm.

> 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.

> >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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Dick St.Peters, stpeters@NetHeaven.com 
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