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MINIMODEM USB
2. Introduction
2.1 Description
The MiniModem USB incorporates V.90 technology,
which enables Internet connections at data rates up to
56 kbps over standard telephone lines. (Although V.90
technology is capable of downloads of up to 56 kbps,
FCC regulations currently restrict ISP modems to
downloads of 53 kbps.)
V.90 technology can send data downstream from the
Internet to your computer at these speeds because data
on the telephone network typically is converted from
digital to analog only once before it reaches your
modem. Upstream transmissions, and transmissions
between client modems, are limited to data rates of
33.6 kbps, as are downstream transmissions that are
converted more than once on the telephone network.
The MiniModem USB is a full-duplex intelligent
modem with V.42 error correction, V.42bis data
compression, and V.17 (14,400 bps), Class 1 and 2,
Group 3 fax capabilities.
