Thanks and a question on modem speeds (was Re: [Lvlug] BitTorrent-Able to upload behind a NAT box?)

[Pat Regan]

Ricardo SIGNES wrote:
>> v.90 only transmits downstream at 56k (53k :p).  Upstream is limited to
>> 28.8 or 33.6.  I don't think that was a technical limitation of the
>> modem, but a limitation of the phone lines.  I stopped paying attention
>> after v.90, but I believe I remember reading somewhere that you can now
>> do 56k both ways.
> 
> I don't know of any standard that allows that.  Beyond v.90 I only know
> v.91, which was strictly a four-line protocol.
> 

If you mean 56k both ways, I could be completely mistaken on that one.
I only think I remember reading something.  v.90 is old enough that I
still had some interest in modems :).

Pat
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