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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is "Line Equalization" a "mus have" feature?
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 08:00:14 -0500
- Organization: <p>
- Message-ID: <4cduku$ul@panix3.panix.com>
- References: <4ccetk$82l@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>
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- In article <4ccetk$82l@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>,
- Salem Reyen <m-sr0069@sparky.cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
- >According to my knowledge, only USR Courier and Motorola v.3400 provide a "line
- >equalization" feature, ie, the modem dynamically adjusts its data rate backward
- >or forward based on the current line condition. How useful is it in real
- >life? Is this a "must have" feature? Why didn't all "high-end" modems
- >implement this feature?
-
- Most of them do, they just don't turn it into advertising hype.
-
- However, the decision-making as to WHEN to request a rate change, is
- implemented differently in each product, with differing overall
- performance as a result.
-
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