[plug] ISPs in WA

[Leon Brooks]

On Wednesday 08 February 2006 14:17, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> I have (NOT) fond memories of the (300bd) acoustic coupler ...

> Faster than RFC 1149 though.

Depends on the distance and the packet size. I think your bandwidth 
would largely have been limited by the speed of printers available at 
retail in those days.

Across short distances an Amstrad (hard-cased 3.0 inch) floppy and a 
slingshot would probably beat both.

Cheers; Leon

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