to serve v.90 clients most ISP's have devices like the 3com total control.
these devices server the v.90 modem clients and CAN send at the max speed
allowed by the FCC ( approx 53KB).
jim mills
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 9:45 PM
Subject: here is one for the thinkers was > update my x2 56k modem?
> Ok, first off this will depend on what eqipt. is on both ends, but lets
> assume 56k v.90 modems....
>
>
> Now, do we all agree that 56k modems will only download at a faster rate
> than they will upload ? from documentation i read that openly a 56k modem
> will only send at 33.6k
>
> So, when downloading I should get 56k right ? I mean hell, thats what they
> are sold as......
>
> For one, doing about 9months of 50+ cases a day of modem problems, most
> modems in my country using digital exchanges, and I guess cable lengths
> would not have been too excessive as I am talking metro connections, 48k
> was usually the best anyone got, and often 56k modems would actually be
> slower that 33.6 because of what I considered to be noise on phone
> lines.....but all this is only on the dumb counting software thats in
> windows or other OS's like MAC , so I would not trust my life to
> that.......its an indicator, and a bad one at that....
>
> Anyway, here is my problem.......
>
>
> With both ends being 56k modems, when the client is downloading, the
> terminal servers modem is uploading, and the upload speed of a 56k modem
> is...........how much again ?
>
>
> So, that was my reason for my size testing, and I kid you not when I say
> that, and here is a key point MOST , not all, most times there was a
> negligable difference, we are talking flea farts anyways, there is also a
> multitude of other things that can effect modem speeds, I just wish it was
> old technology in my country insead of being what 95% of people have to
put
> up with.....
>
>
> So if my thinking/methods are totally flawed, please explain :-) and spare
> no technical reasoning, I guess I can fathom most things.....
>
> Also I believe its mainly a compression mechanism in 56k modems which is
> better, I am also under the belief that compressed/zipped files generally
> cannot be compressed any more, and more processing speed may be taken up
> attempting to do so......
>
>
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>
> On 26/02/00 at 10:52 C Heath wrote:
>
> >Greg Wright wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
> >>
>
> >
> >>From my experience using USR 33.6K vs USR 56K V.90, the results is very
> >noticable since it took me nearly half the time to download but never
half
> the
> >time. 33.6K download average 3.5 to 4.0 Bytes per second vs. 56K
download
> >average 4.5 to 5.5 Bytes per second and the time it takes to download
> large
> >file is considerably less using 56K than 33.6K. If you know a store that
> will
> >sell the OEM they are usually cheaper and my 33.6K is not OEM but my 56K
> is
> >OEM. If you can afford, buy new modem and use old modem for second
> computer
> >(if you have one).
> >
>
>
> Regards
>
> Greg Wright
> IT Consultant Sydney Australia
>
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