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At 1:01 AM -0800 9/24/97, Sir Gwynz wrote: >Paul Rubin wrote: >> >> Some models of the 760 and even the 765 already omit the Mwave. ><snip> >> >> Re 56k though, Mwave shouldn't have more of a problem with it than >> it already has at lower speeds. 56k takes *less* cpu cycles than >> 33.6 from what I've heard. This makes sense because the cpu >> requirements of a modem come from having to deal with the effects >> of the analog interface at each end of the phone line. With 56k, >> only one end of the connection is analog; the other end is digital, >> so there is less work for the modem to do. > >Speaking of which, are X2 and K56 two different standards for 56k >modems? I remember way back when 14.4k was new and US Robotics >had their HST standard when everything else was v32bis and I was >wondering if USR was at it again :) No this is completely different, HST worked. All the 56k stuff is flakey beyond belief. Yes I know, but I always connect at 53k etc., check and you will likely find out that lasts about 3 nanoseconds before renegotiating to a MUCH lower rate, often below 28.8k. After three X2 ISP with 46k connections all the time I have yet to have better than 3.6k/sec file throughput (on a compressed file) day or night. Want to hear a funny one, my current ISP, which I actually like and plan to stay with, Net Wizards, has a download test file of 5 MB. Man its a groove to watch the download rates on that file. Unfortunately it is ALL BLANK, and compressed to 17k on my system (smallest file size I have).