On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Sean H. Breheny wrote:

*>Well, the biggest problem I have with the idea that a 56k modem could go
*>faster than 56k (truly faster, not just on compressible data) is that
*>AFAIK, the codecs in the phone system which digitize the analog signal only
*>do so at a 64kbps rate (8000 8bit samples per second), unless that has been
*>changed (and even then it would be strange that the 56k modem would have
*>the ability to take advantage of that and they would not advertise such a
*>great capability!).

I regularly see true d/l speeds of 6,7,8,9 kBps with a 56k modem connected
at 45.5 or so. The modem has compression and it works well for text. The
high speed is seen especially when browsing (mostly text). For binary data
and images it goes as slowly as the link (45k or below).

Peter

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