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Re: [LUG] Poorly penguins



On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:37:44PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
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> On Tuesday 11 Feb 2003 7:38 pm, David Johnson wrote:
> > Theo Zourzouvillys wrote:
> > >On Tuesday 11 February 2003 6:50 pm, David Johnson wrote:
> > >>56k to ISDN is certainly a worthwhile upgrade in my experience (despite
> > >>often costing more than ADSL).
> > >
> > >Most certianly - 56k is unbearable!  128k is just about managable.  The
> > > worst hting is if you get broadband, then forced back to 128kbit ISDN :p
> >
> > Heh, unless you're unfortunate enough to have SurfTime and be restricted
> > to single channel ISDN :-(
> 
> Single channel ISDN is still faster than analogue modem though? No? It's been 
> awhile since I looked at ISDN and the BT site isn't exactly verbose. In real 
> usage, how much faster would you rate 64k ISDN over 56k modem? (Bear in mind 

V90 is 33.6 upstream and up to 56k downstream (in practice you'll never
get 56k with anything other than short line lengths.)

With ISDN you get 64k both directions and don't need to
wait 30 seconds or so for the connection to be made.

> that my current ISP isn't amongst the slickest performers over 56k.)

Maybe you need a new ISP :)

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