Dial Up Modem Speeds to Improve

1999–2004Dana BaggettInternet
with new protocol and compression standards. About 90 per cent of people on line get there through a dial up modem. The v.92 and v.44 protocols will help improve performance some according to this PC World article. Of course, ISPs need to upgrade their equipment for the new protocols. [Dana Baggett]

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