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Real Life Connection speeds ??
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Emcee:  Stoctrash Type:  Unmoderated
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I opened this thread to find out the truth of internet connection speeds ...mainly via modem. I want to take a poll on how fast modem users are connecting to the internet today.

With all the hype over the 56K modems these days, i find it hard to belive that it is as cut and dry as some make it seem.

I personally have had several modems over the past few years, the lastest being a 33.6K version, and have yet to achieve any connection above 28.8K. I also have been asking around and hear the same thing wherever i go. "Its the phone lines stupid"....

I get a 28.8 connection about 10% - 25% of the time. The rest of the time its 26.4, 24.0K, etc. .....and remember this is with a 33.6 modem and my ISP is also 33.6K compliant.

"How fast are you going today?"

Let the tally begin. Location, pop. density, time, are things we all must consider in our findings.

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148 Did i hear "lawsuit"....."false advertising"..... Kinda obvStoctrash-4/22/1997
147 "My thinking is that I'd probably pay $10 or so per 1kbps; thus, a V.3Stoctrash-3/24/1997
146 Frank: The short article you referenced was very interesting. I notice this aLarry Holmes-3/22/1997
145 Frank: I was just wondering about the concept of increased modem speed in geneLarry Holmes-3/22/1997
144 Thread: x2 comes to Fargo, ND. linkup.net This ISP has been providing 37-45k Fargonaut-3/19/1997
143 "What i meant was all in jest....Your explanations and hypothesies are ratLarry Holmes-3/17/1997
142 I notice the same thing....problems are not just at our end of the wire. SoundStoctrash-3/16/1997
141 Two weeks of mostly good (connection) results with the x2 and I have a few obseMarshall-3/15/1997
140 Larry, What i meant was all in jest....Your explanations and hypothesies are rStoctrash-3/15/1997
139 "I also know that someday they may be able to raise the levels and allow tLarry Holmes-3/15/1997
138 "You've just been bullshitin us alll along....but keep up the great &qLarry Holmes-3/15/1997
137 Thanks Larry, as you may have guessed I've been quite busy on that "otMarshall-3/15/1997
136 Larry, ....lucky guess....punk! (just kidding) You've just been bullshitinStoctrash-3/15/1997
135 Marshall: Thought you would like to see this commentary I just found about x2:Larry Holmes-3/14/1997
134 Larry, what a nice in depth analysis you provided for me. I really appreciate yGary Floerchinger-3/14/1997
133 "One thing Larry - I've found this x2 to be pretty picky connecting toLarry Holmes-3/14/1997
132 One thing Larry - I've found this x2 to be pretty picky connecting to my x2Marshall-3/13/1997
131 Derek, I missed this post. I believe this is a short term answer for the next cTimothy Tashjian-3/13/1997
130 "Larry, let me see if I understand what you said about x2. If I only Larry Holmes-3/13/1997
129 Larry, let me see if I understand what you said about x2. If I only connect nowGary Floerchinger-3/13/1997
128 Tim, anyone..What do you think of this? usr.com I own usrx and like this newsdrmorgan-3/10/1997
127 7 1/2 min Pentium 100;16mb RAM; 28.8k modemrobt justine-3/9/1997
126 Timothy: While HFC and many other technologies may work well, you have to get Larry Holmes-3/8/1997
125 Larry,you installed one way cable,how about 2-way HFC?I own HLIT and it has beeTimothy Tashjian-3/7/1997
124 Brendon or anyone else,why can't ADSL or HDSL technology be used on HFC sysTimothy Tashjian-3/7/1997
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