17 Apr
2014
17 Apr
'14
11:15 a.m.
Hi all,
On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:15 AM, "Jim MacKenzie" <jim at photojim.ca> wrote:
As for modems that are capable of 300 bps calls, as
far as I know, any
dialup service should support 300 bps.
Not so, at least not exactly. Most commercial services that support 56k dialup will have
issues with low speeds; back when my university went to 56k in the late 90s, 2400 baud
modems like the one I owned at the time were not supported, and when I phoned to ask why,
they were openly incredulous that anyone would be using something slower than 14.4k
(remember, this was 1996). The same held true for my parents' dialup ISP. I do not
imagine matters have improved in the 18 years since.
Gordon S.
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