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To: David Lawrence who wrote (14670)	4/9/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

Surfing Silicon Valley: 56K -- Not! CNN - April 9, 1998 Are you reading this at 56k? Even though there's a modem marked 56k nestled inside your computer or hanging off the back of your desk, you're probably not getting the getting the baud rate that you expect. There's nothing wrong with your PC or Mac or even with your modem, the problem is that most of America's phone lines haven't caught up with the technology used by 3Com/US Robotics, Hayes or the folks at Global Village. cnn.com o~~~ O