On Thu, 3 May 2001 01:36:41 -0700, Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]> posted
article <[log in to unmask]>, which said:
> Keep in mind that your ability to make a 56K (52) connection will depend
> on how far away you are from your phone company's switching station.
> Beyond 2.5 miles you will not be able to get a 52K connection and the
> closer you are the better your speed will be. For example I live 4.5
> miles away from the switching station and the best I could ever do with
> any modem was 26,400bps.
I'm about 5.6 miles from the switching station and can only connect at 26.4
with my Creative Labs external 56k. There were times, however, I could
connect at 31.6 with an el cheapo internal Winmodem. :-\
Anyway, does having fibre optic lines help at all in this matter? The lines
around here are supposedly being upgraded to fibre optic. Must be true
because our phone sometimes goes out for about two minutes at a time.
Ethan
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