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sean Downsizer Moderator
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boisdevie1
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dougal
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 07 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Broadband/dial-up question... |
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sean wrote: |
.... and the connection is painfully slow. (Download speed of 9.5KBS). Would he actually be better off with dial-up? |
NO.
Even that speed is more than twice the speed he'd be likely to get on a plain dialup modem on a good line (which I doubt he has).
The download speed reported is in k *bytes* per second, whereas modem speeds (like 28.8k, "56k", etc) are in k *bits* per second - so there is a factor of 8 to bear in mind. {Actually IIRC, with allowance for protocol overheads, a factor of 10 is fair - so 4.5kBs is/was a good speed from a "56k" modem connecting at about 44kbs...}
Is he on "adaptive rate" broadband? If not, he should be - and if he is then he's probably too far out for ISDN, and has the best conventional solution.
Alternatives might include satellite services, or a wireless link set up from someone amenable in line of sight that has a better broadband connection... neither being cheap or completely simple.
Last edited by dougal on Thu Apr 12, 07 10:36 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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dougal
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