In which case it was half the Internet - and if all we had was 14K for the whole country - well, say no more. Its debatable if that really was an Internet connection in the modern sense. 14K poses a significant restriction on what was actually possible, even back then. and yes - it is 14K each way - because a leased line is two pairs (four wires), not two wires like a home user has with a dial-up modem. It's a full duplex link, and yes we (cough) have moved along way in nearly 20 years, broadband may be faster on occasions. And not detecting a cariier - it can't detect the carrier signal from the modem at the other end - because both should see each others carrier. -----Original Message----- From: Perry Lorier [mailto:perry(a)coders.net] Sent: Friday, 2 June 2006 4:59 p.m. To: Jeremy Strachan Subject: Re: [nznog] What is this? [offlist so as not to give the game away]
ah, so young ... Its pre-Internet ..
Not quite, it was the modem used out of Waikato for New Zealands Internet connection around 1989ish. I think that means it's not "Pre Internet", it /was/ the Internet!