IOW, 56 kilobits per second = 7KB/sec.
When you were on dialup, you probably NEVER saw files transfer at 7KB/sec, did you? More like 5KB/sec on a good day, am I right?
That's because the 7KB/sec was a theoretical maximum, and IIRC telephone lines couldn't really handle more than 53Kb (6KB/sec) anyway.
Actually, Chas, in these United States, the FCC disallowed any speed faster than about 52 Kb, IIRC. So it is possible that in other countries they can have faster speeds. BTW, the telco lines CAN handle faster speeds since DSL uses the same lines, it is just a matter of "packaging" the data.
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