Am 2008-02-03 12:07:11, schrieb Douglas A. Tutty:
> You're probably too far away from the telco's D/A converter to get 56K.
> Welcome to dialup-for-the-rest-of-us.

???

Sorry but, in Turkey where I have a haus at the end of the world and
there I am using V.90 and get over 5 kByte/sec and the ISP with its
Modem-Pool is in Ankara (arround 400 km distance).

> It also can depend on the quality of your modem. Some modems are more
> resistant/tolerant of noise on the line than others. I use a 3Com (USR)
> Courier (NOT sportster). These V-Everything modems (external serial)
> are supposed to be the best in the world. New, they cost hundreds of
> dollars. I purchased mine off eBay for $50 (+ S/H).

OK, I am using Sporster and V-Everything too... :-) ...ver 12 years
now and I can confirm, they are VERY High-Quality and have NEVER failed.


Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:

> I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a
> private monopoly? That would explain the better service right
> there...

I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company
got a LOT better after being privatised.

Regards,
Andrei
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On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a
> > private monopoly? That would explain the better service right
> > there...
>
> I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company
> got a LOT better after being privatised.

Privatization works in third-world economies. Give it time: As soon
as they realize they're a monopoly and has a newly relatively rich
Romanian public by the balls, expect service to decline and prices to
climb. Day 396 waiting for Qwest to fix my broken phone line...

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On 02/11/08 20:03, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a
>>> private monopoly? That would explain the better service right
>>> there...
>> I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company
>> got a LOT better after being privatised.
>
> Privatization works in third-world economies. Give it time: As soon
> as they realize they're a monopoly and has a newly relatively rich
> Romanian public by the balls, expect service to decline and prices to
> climb. Day 396 waiting for Qwest to fix my broken phone line...

Every state that regulates private monopolies has something similar
to what Louisiana calls the /Public Service Commission/. Call you
commissioner (and your state representative, for that matter) and
complain.

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Original Message:
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From: Andrei Popescu andreimpopescu@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:39:30 +0200
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change


On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:

> I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a
> private monopoly? That would explain the better service right
> there...

I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company
got a LOT better after being privatised.

Regards,
Andrei
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(Albert Einstein)

Here in the US it seems that the service got lots worse (but more
innovative) with privatisation. The old phone company ("Ma Bell") provided
great phone service but wasn't terribly motivated to innovate since their
profits were regulated and there was virtually no competition. The "new"
(post-breakup) phone service creates lots of competition (and with it lots
of new and interesting services) but little motivation for quality service.
In retrospect maybe we should have opted for a hybrid system with basic
service being provided by a regulated utility but custom services being
provided by competitive service providers. Too late now!
Larry


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On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:03:27PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a
> > > private monopoly? That would explain the better service right
> > > there...
> >
> > I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company
> > got a LOT better after being privatised.
>
> Privatization works in third-world economies. Give it time: As soon
> as they realize they're a monopoly and has a newly relatively rich
> Romanian public by the balls, expect service to decline and prices to
> climb. Day 396 waiting for Qwest to fix my broken phone line...

Who said they are a monopoly? They have to fight against cable providers
who are now also offering telephone+internet. This is the real solution.
A monopoly is bad whether private OR state-owned.

Regards,
Andrei
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On Feb 13, 2008 3:21 PM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Privatization works in third-world economies. Give it time: As soon
> > as they realize they're a monopoly and has a newly relatively rich
> > Romanian public by the balls, expect service to decline and prices to
> > climb. Day 396 waiting for Qwest to fix my broken phone line...
>
> Who said they are a monopoly? They have to fight against cable providers
> who are now also offering telephone+internet. This is the real solution.

The phone companies themselves, and they're right. Cable and internet
phone companies don't have to; and in some cases, just plain can't; do
things like allow access to 511 (road information), 911 (emergency
services) or offer reliable service like real phone companies do.

> A monopoly is bad whether private OR state-owned.

I'd agree with you if public ally owned utilities weren't so
consistently good the world over, and private utilities so inclined to
screw it's customers when given the opportunity. It's not whether or
not they're the only option, it's whether their answering to their
customers or their shareholders. Public utilities answer to the
former, private companies answer to the latter. If you're the
customer, it's pretty obvious the former is actually going to give a
rat's ass if you're willing to do without and the latter will just
send you to collections over services not rendered.

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