On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:51:30 +0530, Clifford D'Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Excuse me if I am wrong,
> > but if you have a 56kbps modem, then u can't get a speed more than 7KB/s
> > theoretically
> > right?
> >
> 
> Precisely, however FCC rules restrict the output power of a modem and
> hence the maximum speed possible is 53.33 Kbps (Bits/s).
> A better method of approximation would be clocking the time taken for
> download a couple of files rather than relying on the graph on your
> download program. Also text downloads are normally compressed , so in
> that case your graph may exceed 8KB/s or even 10KB/s.

Where can I get the FCC rules? BTW, whats the max speed that can be
achieved with BSNL's copper wire, and the digital exchange in between
the computer and the ISP?

Yes that maybe true. The data is trasmitted in compressed form.

NOTE: try running following
wget -c -nc -np -r -k _some_site_
multiple times. the overall speed goes around 10 KBps. Average. 

Regards,
Shantanoo
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