Damon Register wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
It is physically not possible to connect on a dial-up connection above 57600 baud - nor can data flow faster than the theoretical 57600 baud simply because this is the upper limit of the beast.
Maybe my memory isn't so great but I thought that's what they said about previous hurdles (9600).
Damon Register
I think they also said that when the 300 baud modem came out :-). And when the first steam engine train was being tested it was stated that man would not survive if the train reached a speed of 20 mph :-). Interestingly, a man here in one of our states (South Australia I believe) came up with a modem which will do over 100,000 bps over the current phone lines (it was successfully tested), but it seems that it has not got off the ground. My supposition for this is that the broadband pushers wouldn't be able to make as many shekels if such a modem went into production. (Just like some 20+ years ago a man in the state of Victoria invented a setup which totally prevented the front wheels of a vehicle from going out of alignment even if the vehicle was driven at full speed into the kerb. His invention was bought by one of the car companies (I won't mention which one) -- and that is the last time anyone ever saw it again.) (OK, OK, all this is off-topic I know. I shall desist.) Cheers. -- I am not young enough to know everything.