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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Alejandro Lieber wrote:

> With a 56K modem, I get at least 11000 cps downloading my mail with
> PMail in Basic Linux 3.

If your mail were already compressed it would go slower.  The larger files 
I download are usually .zip or .tgz files.  But sometimes while loading a 
page I get as high as 7-8K.
> Remember that 56K has also compresion.
>
> Alejandro.
>
>
> > > I don't think I am actually connecting at the
> > > full 56K,
> >
> > It depends on how good the wire is from your phone
> > to your local exchange.  I regularly get 51K connects.
> > Occasionally 53K.
> >
> > > Is there some way to see what speed you connected at
> > > with eznet?
> >
> > cat /var/eznet/transcript.0 | grep CONNECT

I tried this on three computers with 56K v90 modems - first was 57600, 
second had connected at 28800.  Is there some way to tell the modem not to 
connect at less than 33K?  A third one today at 45333.
The first is a fairly new external and the others internal, at least one 
upgraded from x2 to v90.