haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 7 months agoWhy 56k the fastest dial up modem speedwww.10stripe.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI don’t understand what they’re trying to say. ADSL uses telephone lines and it’s a lot faster than 56k. Am I misunderstanding something?
minus-squareNawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoADSL doesn’t use the same frequencies used for voice, which is why telecoms had to specially support it. Dial-up does, so it would work over any phone line but would be subject to the mentioned limitations.
I don’t understand what they’re trying to say. ADSL uses telephone lines and it’s a lot faster than 56k. Am I misunderstanding something?
ADSL doesn’t use the same frequencies used for voice, which is why telecoms had to specially support it. Dial-up does, so it would work over any phone line but would be subject to the mentioned limitations.
Got it. Thanks.