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 technickPremium
join:2000-12-16
Wheat Ridge, CO
kudos:1 | reply to greywolf520
Re: Sad, but sad... I had the same problem a long time time ago when living at home. The fastest I could connect was 26.4, and no matter how many times I called Bellsouth, it wouldn't get faster. I recently visited my parent's house, and plugged in the phone line to my laptop, and as I did 5 years ago, I connected, and it connected at 53k. I think it has to do with your local junction box or something.
I remember reading some where that the FCC requires telco's to provide atleast 28.8k phone quality lines. Though I don't remember where it was, it could have been just someone babling about the FCC.
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| Your telephone company was most likely using a type of "pair gain" system which by design can only provide about a 24-27k connection. Since you can connect at close to 56k , outside facilities must have been replaced with straight copper. | |
RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to technick
said by technick:
I remember reading some where that the FCC requires telco's to provide atleast 28.8k phone quality lines. Though I don't remember where it was, it could have been just someone babling about the FCC.
The FCC only requires that fax and especially RTTY (terminals for deaf users) work, and that only requires 1200 bps. Most telcos will get you at least to 9.6-14.4 kbps as a minimum though depending on the local state regulatory requirements. | |
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