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- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: ? Max speed for voice line
- Message-ID: <DMH5qu.7KL@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet5.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <4erqau$6hb@forged.passport.ca> <ABTzm5n0O8@infsviaz.msk.su>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:47:18 GMT
-
-
- "G. Dragon" (Vadim@infsviaz.msk.su) writes:
- > vasant@passport.ca (Bill Antic) wrote:
- >>odchetveriko@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Oleg Chetverikov) wrote:
- >>
- >>>I have a question.
- >>>I am taking a networking class and my prof said that the highest speed
- >>>that can be achieved over the voice grade line (telephone line) is
- >>>25,900 bps. I suppose he was talking about physical transmission, without
- >>>taking compession into consideration. My question is whether it is correct. And
- >>>if it is, does it mean that 28.8 modems do not operate at full capacity?
- >>
- >> ...
- >>
- >>The data transfer rate, on the other hand, depends on the type of
- >>modulation used, and that is why we must differentiate between the
- >>terms "baud" and "bits/sec". For example, if we employ a quad-bit
- >>modulation, also known as quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK), each
- >>LINE transition would represent four bits of DATA, hence a 2400 baud
- >>line would have a data transmission rate of 9600 bps. This appears to
- >>be the practical limit of data transfer WITHOUT DATA COMPRESSION.
- <snip>
-
- >>other factors, resulting in a typical rating values of 28.8k or 33.6k
- >>for modems. You must keep in mind, however, that although a modem may
- >>be rated at, say 28,800 bps, the actual transmission rate is usually
- >>less, often 24,600 or even 20,000 bps. It depends on the condition
- >>of the line, type of data, etc., etc.
- >
- > Does this means that if I switch my modem into direct mode (without flow
- > control and data compression), I'll have only 9600 bits/s? In such
- > cases my V.34 modem works much faster than 1200 bytes/s (9600 bits/s) ...
-
- No, the above information is a bit off. v.34 does indeed transfer
- at 28.8 (33.6)kbps without data comrpession. So if you run in dirrect
- mode, you can still connect at up to 28.8 (33.6), although since you have
- to disable error control to run in dirrect mode, I really wouldn't
- recommend this :>.
-
- Anthony
-
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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