On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Mike wrote: > Nils Rennebarth wrote: > >No, it's just vice versa. Upload speed with 56k Modem (from you to your > >provider) is 56k. From your provider to you it's still 33.6 maximum, > > Bullsh*t. Go read something on the subject. Upload is 33, download is 56. > Otherwise it would be impossible to sell 56k modems, because no one does > more uploading than downloading.
Easy now. Not everyone can be as informed as you. I work with a local computer store, which currently has its Internet presence through a dedicated modem. Your download is their upload, so there's a concrete example of more upload than download. On a different angle, what about the FCC rules which essentially limit 56k modems to 51 or 53k? I know practically nothing about it, except that I read it somewhere in Network World, I believe. Back when I was a student and took a class on Communication and Information Systems, we derived that the theoretical maximum bandwidth of a phone line was really about 34kbps, so it doesn't surprise me that there are all of these restrictions on 56k modems. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
