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- From: jhough@fishnet.net (John Hough)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: I've Had It With Supra 28.8. It's a piece of shit.
- Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 18:38:09 GMT
- Organization: Leonardo Internet
- Message-ID: <30e62da1.4090094@news.fishnet.net>
- References: <49kmbp$3hn@news.mel.aone.net.au> <mhartman-0312951353530001@mhartman.cais.com> <49tfpc$as8_001@dialup.winternet.com> <DJ36AM.DC4@bigtop.dr.att.com> <galley-0512950053220001@dnet087.sat.texas.net> <broudy-0512951632470001@wpc-2.usc.edu> <schweda-0612950759420001@pm038-23.dialip.mich.net> <welston-0712950044530001@blv-pm2-ip26.halcyon.com> <4aa58p$f3i@dsk92.itg.ti.com> <erfoster-0812951850560001@192.0.2.1> <scottc-1312952036310001@dial-cup1-2.iway.aimnet.com> <jammin-2712951512190001@jammin.vip.best.com> <gmiller-2712952124080001@netport-12.iu.net> <AD087CB6966812239F@mcdiala14.it.luc.edu> <shenning-2912950009150001@abe-ppp318.fast.net>
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- On Fri, 29 Dec 1995 00:09:15 -0500, shenning@fast.net (Stephen M.
- Henning) wrote:
-
- >In article <AD087CB6966812239F@mcdiala14.it.luc.edu>,
- >VArase@varase.it.luc.edu (Verne Arase) wrote:
- >
- >> In article <gmiller-2712952124080001@netport-12.iu.net>,
- >> gmiller@iu.net (Garner R. Miller) wrote:
- >>
- >>
- >> To disable all compression on a ppp connection may not be an especially
- >> good idea (especially considering all the dross that passes through your
- >> data connection to a web site).
- >
- >Miller's advice is almost verbatim from the Supra manual. When sending
- >packed data or hex files, there is no advantage to compression, just the
- >disadvantage of the overhead. Most files on the internet are either
- >packed and/or hex.
-
- After writing my own home page I have to wonder about that. The HTML
- files are ascii based, and there are alot of txt files and such, a
- well written V.42bis will provide more of a gain than a loss, even
- with the occasional sampling of the data flow to see if it can be
- compressed.
-
- John
-