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yakkers
on June 1, 2020
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Reliving the Dial-Up Experience in 2020
The problem with 56k is that it worked by having specialised hardware on the ISP end for the modulation that made those speeds possible over a phone line. As far as I know, no consumer modem can really do that, so you’re stuck with 33.6k or worse.
m0zg
on June 1, 2020
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Not really. I reliably got 56K. Maybe the ISP had the hardware, I don't know. I had this one:
https://www.google.com/search?q=us+robotics+courier+v.everyt...
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