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- From: sme@maxwell.eppet.pt (Sergio Estevao)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Speed test for modem check??
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 10:36:15 +0100
- Organization: EPPET
- Distribution: inet
- Message-ID: <4e4uif$cnm@maxwell.eppet.pt>
- References: <4b1l4a$9t0@arther.castle.net> <1f7cc$17102b.1e3@luzskru.cpcnet.com> <4dtd8q$u4@hasle.sn.no>
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- Einar Bergsmo Gilberg (egilberg@oslonett.no) wrote:
- : sgibson@main.cpcnet.com (Steven Gibson) wrote:
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- : >beads@castle.net (beads) wrote:
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- : >> I am connected via my 28.8 modem to my server, via a PPP account.
- : >>There are times I seem to be very slow through my Netscape browser,
- : >>version 1.22, and other times fast. My server claims that all the
- : >>modems that are connected to his 28.8 number are working fine.
- : >>If I download something through Netscape, I usually average
- : >>2.6 KB/per second.. Does this spund correct for a 28.8 modem?
- : >> Thanks for any reply, or info how I might be able to check out
- : >>my true on-line speed...
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- : >I have the same setup, but when downloading from the net my speed
- : >starts out at 2.0, but then goes down to a low of 0.3, and thens
- : >usually ends up at 0.8. What am I doing wrong?
- : >Thanks
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- : I have also the same setup, and transfer speed is as low as 0,5 cps.
- : This problem will be gone, if you buy a new serial-port with 16650
- : UART. You probably just have 8250 UART, which was supplied with
- : old-PCs. They don't have a buffer, and tend to slow down transfer
- : rates. The serial port, can't keep up with the large amount of data
- : transfered by the modem, and the modem have to keep repeating the
- : transfer-operation over and over again..
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- : So, buy a 16650 UART serial port. I will.... :)
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- If you want more speed buy internal modems wich have 16650 UART's
- internally.
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- Regards
- Sergio Estevao
- sme@maxwell.eppet.pt
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