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- From: warren@borg.com (Warren Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 28.8k = slow downloads! (PPI MC288MT)
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 14:55:23 GMT
- Organization: Team OS/2
- Message-ID: <4ein4r$nev@news.borg.com>
- References: <4eekrd$f5@hustle.rahul.net> <eric-2901960135350001@sobt.accessorl.net>
- Reply-To: warren@borg.com (Warren Hall)
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- In <eric-2901960135350001@sobt.accessorl.net>, eric@accessorl.net (Eric Shaw) writes:
- >In article <4eekrd$f5@hustle.rahul.net>, Bill Llewellyn
- ><thinker@rahul.net> wrote:
- >
- >>I've got a Practical Peripherals MC288MT II V.34 which behaves
- >>reasonably well at all connection speeds below 28.8, up to and
- >>including 26.4k. At 28.8 (when I get it) the zmodem speed is
- >>about half of what it should be! The last zmodem download attempt
- >>at 28.8 resulted in a broken connection. Anyone else found that
- >>28.8 actually slows down the real data throughput speed?
- >
- >You wouldn't happen to know what symbol rate it is using (some other
- >modems tell you). I noticed if it connects using the 3200 rate (i.e. 3249
- >is locked out), it will almost always connect 28.8k, but the transfer
- >actually *IS* slower. Maybe its not testing the line properly at the 3200
- >symbol rate, and picked a higher speed than it should have.
-
- Sounds like the Fax "printer" is taking away some performance.
- Try this (and please report back):
- d/l a file taking note of the time in seconds.
- Open the printer manager page, select the fax printer, pause it, then
- minimize (don't close) the manager.
- d/l the same file recording the seconds.
-
- If the time is roughly 1/2 for the second d/l, then the fax is the culprit.
- Please let us know.
-
- Warren
- http://www.borg.com/~warren
-
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