On 28 Oct 2002 12:04:02 -0800 Seth Zirin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 10:05, Pierre Fortin wrote: > > This is a quick overview of what I ran into after my friends got > > their WalMart/Microtel/Mandrake8.2 PC... > > > > [SNIP] > > > > the modem from the mobo and reseat it -- now works... but it has > > never connected at a rate faster than 21kb -- will check into this > > after installing 9.0. > > Phone lines provided by a DLC (Digital Loop Carrier) generally limit > modem connections to 21 or 22 Kbit/s. These are frequently found in > industrial parks, townhouse communities and other places where there > is dense demand for phone lines.
Thanks for the info... my friends' house is just up the road in the sparsely populated SC mountains and in the same exchange; I get 50,666bps here... The x-connect boxes for the lines are just across the highway from me... I doubt the extra 3 miles (straight shot) is a problem... Cheers, Pierre
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