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- From: bgrubb@acca.nmsu.edu (bgrubb)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: faster than 28.8
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 07:39:09 -0700
- Organization: New Mexico State University
- Message-ID: <bgrubb-2301960739100001@10.0.2.15>
- References: <sumner-2001961038000001@sumner.tiac.net> <4ds0fp$4ap4@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <AD29910A96685C7229@asd-stat13-153.dial.xs4all.nl>
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- In article <AD29910A96685C7229@asd-stat13-153.dial.xs4all.nl>,
- tonmaas@xs4all.nl (Ton Maas) wrote:
-
- > In article <4ds0fp$4ap4@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>,
- > visan@ibm.net wrote:
- >
- > >Hi, there!...
- > >
- > >In <sumner-2001961038000001@sumner.tiac.net>, sumner@tiac.net (Sumner Paine)
- > >writes:
- > >>I know that modems capable of speeds like 33.6 kbps exist, but I can't
- > >>find them anywhere. Can someone give me a list of modems (faster than 28.8
- > >>that work over regular analog phone lines) and their manufacturers.
- > >
- > Also: Global Village offers dedicated software compression for their
- > Platinum V34 modem, which uses the Mac's processor to increase transmission
- > speed up to 112k (depending on the type of Mac - 040 or PowerPC).
- As I understand it v.42bis which is built-in can have 4:1 compression.
- So in some conditions a 144 modem can go up to 57K and a 288 modem can go
- to 115K. Because of overhead 2:1 ratios are more common.
-