Martin DiViaio on 5 Feb 2004 04:01:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] verizon DSL- dialup tangent



> The phone company does not support anything faster than 9600 (9.6K) on 
> a POTS line, if I remember correctly... might only be 4800. That is all 
> the line is tariffed to support. Higher speeds usually work, but if 
> they don't, the Phone Company won't do anything for you.

I've been through this. The phone company does not support ANY modem 
traffic on a POTS line. If you can only get a 300bps connection to your 
ISP the phone company's answer is "congratulations."


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