[LINK] America's Internet Disconnect

[Eleanor Lister]

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2006, Danny Yee wrote:
>   
>> Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>     
>>> I also think there's a bit of exagguration going on wrt modem vs fttn
>>> stuff.  If you've obtained a fiber connection and you're getting 
>>> 64kbps then you should change carrier.
>>>       
>> And anyone in the US getting better than 56kbps is NOT on "dialup
>> modem", whatever they may say or think (barring some kind of very
>> unusual multi-link setup).
>>     
>
> Well, anyone getting 56kbytes/sec on a US modem isn't on a dialup
> modem. IIRC (and this is pulling data out of long-since-unused neural
> paths) the copper quality was more variable, denser and a thinner gauge
> coupled with differing communications guidelines meant the max throughput
> was a few kbits/sec less than what was frequently achievable in
> Australia.
>   

i have some long rusted and fungoid covered neurons that remind me that 
in 1969 we had the proud boast that we had bit errors at the rate 1:10^7 
and the yanks could only reliably manage 1:10^5  ;)

> (Or, heh, their terminal program was lying to them.)
>
> But thats mostly anecdotal from back when I was doing dialup stuff.
>
>
>
> Adrian
>   
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