From: "Gary Perkins" 

    
 > yeah i remember one bbs in my area got conencts like that as well, but no
 > others would.. i can't remember if it was a dedicated loop or something
 > special.. but most other bbses i could never get above 28,8/336..

I believe with the 56k technology, you needed a special connection from the
ISP to the phone company.  This is one reason why you could never get as good
a connection from a regular modem to regular modem.

As for sucky connections, it depended on line conditions.  For years I
couldn't get decent connections due to a fault somewhere in my block...like
others, we put out countless calls.  At some point something finally got
fixed, and I could get those stellar 45-48k connections.

--- Internet Rex 2.29
 * Origin: The gateway at Diskshop BBS (1:250/8)