Date   : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:21:02 +0000
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

In article <4CE4878E.70702@...>, Rick Murray <rick@...>
writes

>I went to France, new house (well, hundreds of years old but you know 
>what I mean) and came back to update my modem. 28k8 was the in thing, 
>but a select few could do 36k. I got a 36k, but never in my life ran it 
>anything faster than 33k2. I guess the Aldershot exchange was naff.

Think you're a bit confused there.  Reckon you meant 56k modems, but you
were only able to connect at 33.6k (not 33.2).

Most people managed to connect at 42/44/46k.  Very few got the full 56.

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