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   Netsurge to All   
   Re: Dial Up Gateway   
   24 Nov 10 16:54:32   
   
   From: "Netsurge"    
      
     Re: Re: Dial Up Gateway   
     By: Mercyful Fate to Netsurge on Wed Nov 24 2010 10:46 am   
      
    > yeah i was always confused when the 56k first ame out how all of the bb's i   
    > would call with the exception of 1 would be 28,800,  but if i dialed an isp   
    > for internet i'd get maybe 32,000, never usually got above that on 56k   
    > connections..   
      
   56K or the old X2 technology was nothing more than better compression for 36.6   
   that's why it always showed as connecting at 36.6k   
      
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   --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NNTP Service 1.110   
    *  disksh0p bbs - toronto, ontario - telnet://bbs.diskshop.ca   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.29   
    * Origin: The gateway at Diskshop BBS (1:250/8)   

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