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- From: dale@giskard.demon.co.uk (Dale Shuttleworth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: faster than 28.8
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:01:48 GMT
- Organization: Dale's home Linux box.
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- References: <sumner-2001961038000001@sumner.tiac.net> <4ds0fp$4ap4@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <AD29910A96685C7229@asd-stat13-153.dial.xs4all.nl> <bgrubb-2301960739100001@10.0.2.15> <4e3lbi$r3m@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <eric-2601960120540001@sobt.accessorl.net>
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- Hi,
-
- Eric Shaw (eric@accessorl.net) wrote:
-
- [...]
-
- : Actually, 4:1 is ***NOT*** the max. (Although some modems, like USR,
- : can't even approach 3:1 on a file of all zeros). I have actually *seen*
- : compression ratios up to 8:1 with standard v.42bis, but on EXTREMELY
- : compressible files of course. On some modems, 4:1 becomes a theoretical
- : limit only because of the maximum supported DTE rate.
-
- The theoretical maximum is well over 50:1. I assume the USR you
- refer to is not US Robotics of Skokie, Illinois, USA but some
- other inferior brand. Both my V34 Courier and V32bis Sportster
- can easily achieve *well* over 3:1 on a file of all zeros.
-
- : v.42bis (BLTZ)
- : compression is supposed to get 4:1 compression on text files, but for most
- : text it is in the area of 3:1.
-
- [...]
-
- V42bis is supposed to get 4:1 on a particular test file. Whether
- that test file is relevent to real life is highly debatable.
- Usenet news (non-binary groups) (you can argue whether this is
- "text") compresses by about 2.5:1.
-
- Dale.
-
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