Section One - Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing your 56k V.90 modem, the latest in communication technology. Your modem represents a new generation of PC communication peripheral devices, combining
1.1 How Does V.90 Work
V.90 technology allows users to receive data from their Internet Service Provider (ISP) at data rates up to 56kbps. To make use of this capability, your ISP must support either the V.90 or the K56flex standard.
1.2 Benefits of V.90 56k Communications
For serious Internet users the increase in speed is dramatic, because the information that usually makes you wait – graphics- heavy Web pages, sound, video, and other large files – now downloads to your computer twice as fast as with previous speed standards. Upstream transmissions (mostly keystroke and mouse commands from your computer, which require less bandwidth) continue to flow quickly at the conventional rate of 33.6Kbps.