This is just a guess, but I'm thinking that if the internal modem is the
same one we've known and loved (and used almost every day), then the
connection speed won't be much different. 

Susie, who has so far not been seduced by high-speed or wireless
Internet


Susie Stageberg
Project ASSIST with Windows
Iowa Department for the Blind
(515) 281-1351 
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stacey
Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: re: [Braillenote] MPower, email and the net


Don,
I realize that dial up is slower than wireless, but is it faster than
the dial up in 6.11? Also, regarding cd drives, did anyone test cdr or
cdrw drives? Stacey and Amigo


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]
>Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:26:18 -0700
>Subject: re: [Braillenote] MPower, email and the net

>Hi Stacey,

>Yes, I've used dialup and believe some others have as well.  As you 
>would expect, it's much slower than using a broadband connection.  
>Streaming is also pretty good in most cases, similar to what you would 
>expect on a pc.  You do get breakup at times, but it's often very 
>difficult to tell just how much of that is simply due to net 
>congestion.  And, that's going to be a problem no matter what device 
>you use to listen to streaming audio.

>Don





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