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Old 6th December 2007, 03:18 PM
mauvehillgus mauvehillgus is offline
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Originally Posted by JimmyJoeJohnson View Post
Erm... just for argument's sake 9Kbps *is* faster than dial up...
Just for clarity's sake.

No it isn't.

It's about one sixth of the speed of an optimal dial-up connection using a 56k modem.

9KB/sec on the other hand... equates to about 72kbps - marginally quicker than dial-up.

Apologies for my pedantry.

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