This is very good advice. Another, very simple, way to understand this is that whatever connection speed you get is only your maximum speed. The rest of what happens will most surely fall below that maximum sometimes at best. On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote: > Hi rodney, > with dialup, or at least in my experience, > the fastest upload you can get is 33.6 and if you're really lucky, you'll > manage to get the 50.6 K download. > however, practically this is not the case. I think it would be much better > to have good throughput rather than fast linespeed. connecting at > 40,000Bps doesn't always mean you get excellent download rates. > As long as you remember 2 things here, 1. the internet is only as fast as > your weakest link, and 2. good throughput rather than fast linespeed, > rememver these and you won't have too much to complain about. providing of > course your isp know what they are doing. > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
