> All that download traffic has to have reply packets going back up > the line saying send the next packet. > So you will never get 56Kbit download speeds with tcp. > 5.5Kbyte * 8 = 44Kbit, I'd be pretty happy with that.
* 10 - 1 start and 1 stop bit, this is assuming no parity... > Also IIRC, 56K is one direction only, the packets going back are 33K. Correct - Your PC "talks" to the 'net at 33.6k max, and the 'net "talks" back to you at up to 56k (although on an allegedly perfect line I've never seen more that 48k, and Telstra claim that their PSTN lines are rated at 2400 baud only !!!) > Which is why 64K ISDN is much better even though it only looks a tad > faster. (though ISDN's old hat now) You can still get it if you can't get ADSL, but at $1k/month plus data charges for 64k !!! Jon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
