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- From: bretting@insync.net (Greg Bretting)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Network Computing review of nineteen 33.6 and 28.8 modems
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 23:20:58 -0800
- Organization: - not one of my strong points, really...
- Message-ID: <4e76ao$clt@drencrom.insync.net>
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- On Wed, 24 Jan 1996 03:25:05 GMT, an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- wrote:
-
- >
- >Marc Washburn (marc@netline.net) writes:
- >> Just discovered a great comparison test of 19 v34bis and v34 modems. Network
- >> Computing did real world testing (not bench with a line noise generator).
- >> The article is posted on their web site @
- >>
- >> http://techweb.cmp.com:80/techweb/nc/615/615rev1.html
- >
- > While they may have done some "real world" tests (which are
- >notouriously inaccurate when they try to test actualy performance, you'll
- >often see modems that perform horribly on your lines winning a "real
- >world" test), but they also did a rather limited benchmark test with a
- >line noise generator. It's an ok test, although rather limited in what
- >they tested (eg. they didn't even bother testing the modems on bad phone
- >lines).
-
- I guess I need to head to the bookstore and get a print copy of this
- review; the part that was published in the aforementioned URL is nothing
- but a teaser that offers very little substantive info (I suppose that's the
- idea - otherwise I wouldn't be scurrying to the store to get a tree copy
- and pay the price). Anyway, they _did_ mention that they only ran the
- first TSB-37A table (90.55% coverage), and it's too bad that they didn't
- run the more complete model. After all, it's that last 9% or so that
- separates the good from the mediocre.
-
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- | Greg Bretting |"The whole problem with the world is that |
- | bretting@insync.net |fools and fanatics are always so certain of|
- | --==<< >>==-- |themselves, but wiser people are so full of|
- | |doubts." - Bertrand Russell |
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