Jacques Goldberg wrote: > Barbara, > Can you please check and explicit your transfer rate figures? > No analog phone line of the kind used by such modems yields more than 56 > k i.e. 56,000 (approx) bits per second! > Even that is a theoretical unrealistic limit rarely approached. > I use ADSL at home. My last test of an analog modem against my university > which is 3 km from home only yielded 40600 bits per second. > > Jacques > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, Barb Henry wrote: > > >> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 08:05:40 -0700 >> From: Barb Henry <bkbarbie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: RE: Barbara Henry, USA kernel 2.6.20-15 generic >> >> I am able to connect to the internet, at a slow speed. Files read around >> 600k/bps, 2700k/bps. Thanks, for your quick response. Barbara >> Downloading web sites its anywhere from 1.4kb/s to 8.1kb/s. Downloading packages its anywhere from 936bps to 2700bps. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jacques Goldberg [mailto:Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx] >> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 12:17 AM >> To: Barb >> Cc: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Barbara Henry, USA kernel 2.6.20-15 generic >> >> Barbara, >> >> Your modem in a Conexant HCF. >> Please jot down: >> Modem type HCF >> Processor i686 (i386) >> Distribution Ubuntu >> Kernel 2.6.20-15-generic >> >> With these data, follow the attached instructions to install the >> Linuxant HCF driver. >> Make sure to remember that HCF is not the same as HSF. >> >> Jacques >> >> > > >