You each have a piece of the picture.  You are getting confused because
you are actually talking about two related but different things.

First there is the INTERNAL communications speed from the CPU to the
communictations port (or in this case, modem).  This can be as high as
115,200 (and should be set for that)

The second is the EXTERNAL communications speed which is how fast the
modem "talks" ACROSS THE PHONE LINE to the other modem.  This is set by
the communications application (or in this case, DUN).

Dial-up, analog modem technology has peaked out at 56K, but this is
deceiving since the modem is actually "talking" at about 28.8K.  The
higher ratings are acheived by some type of data compression algorythm
(such as X2, or KFLEX, or V.90).

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Harris <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Connection Speed


>    The way I understand this, the 115,200 setting is only to set the
>maximum speed limit, not to set the actual connection rate. Your actual
>connection will never exceed 53 Kilobytes, and will rarely get to that.
>
>            Wayne Harris in New Hampshire
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