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- From: eric@eola.ao.net (Butt-head )
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is "Line Equalization" a "mus have" feature?
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 04:40:13 GMT
- Organization: Access Orlando
- Message-ID: <4cflnd$6re@news.accessorl.net>
- References: <4ccetk$82l@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <4cduku$ul@panix3.panix.com>
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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?
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- Actually, ALL 28.8 modems must test the line conditions to see when to
- adjust the data rate. USR originally had a problem with this where it
- would adjust down when the line was bad, but would never go back up.
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