Ralph Smeets wrote:
> It's not for free. Even the 'Internet for free' is a
> joke since you'll
> still have to pay your telephone bill!
>
> So charging a 10 times compressed CD true the Internet (say 60MB) on a
> 56k connection results in 3 hours minimum download time....
> (60MB*(8bits+1Parity+1stop)/56700/3600). I've never seen a 56k7
> connection working at full speed, and my general feelings is that you
> can rougly double the time that it takes.
I get connected regularly at 49333 and some times at 50666. However, my friends
one the other side of town rarely get connected faster than about 26k, with a 56 k
modem.
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Jim Coon
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