Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2008, at 6:15 AM, Carl M. Alexander wrote: > >> Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 >> with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. >> Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed >> is 28800 or 31200 bps. This is all with the same phone line. >> Anyone out there had a similar experience? > > Carefully check your ACTUAL connection speed. What is reported and > what you get, for example by downloading something of a known size are > often two different things. >
What Bruce is getting at is that while the serial modem may have "connected" at 49333, the connection may be so poor that it is having to retry frequently bringing it's effective speed down considerably. Whereas the USB modem may be making a more realistic connection given line conditions and is actually communicating at or near the indicated speed. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
