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- From: moreilly@aracnet.com (Doug Clark)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sporster 33.6 3.2 kb/sec
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 13:40:32 -0800
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- In article <4ggjop$10u@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, bigrex@primenet.com (Bob
- Nixon) wrote:
-
- >It's not a compressed file but on the other hand its not
- >very comprssable at all. Zipped, Gif or Jpg pre compressed
- >files at a true 33.6 connection should go through at >3800
- >cps using Zmodem not Cslip or PPP as they have a little
- >more overhead or about 100cps less througput. My Courier
- >for example runs 3315-3340cps@28800 using Zmodem with
- >pre-compressed files and 3200-3250 cps with PPP.
- >
- >In article <4g9ug7$pqu@earth.njcc.com>,
- >bmurray@pluto.njcc.com says...
- >>
- >>In article <31281afb.210786553@news.tiac.net>,
- >freemn15@ix.netcom.com (Robert Freeman) wrote:
- >>>tarl@agt.net wrote:
- >>>
- >>>>With my USR I'm getting roughly 3.2 k/sec download rate
- >in Netscape
- >>>>when downloading a file. I was woundering what the
- >normal rates for
- >>>>these types of transfers were?
- >>>>
- >>>I've gotten as high as 4.0 for a download and that was on
- >an .avi movie file
- >>>from espnet sportszone. I am using a courier with the new
- >v.34+ spec and I have
- >>>a pesonal best of a 1meg d/l in 4:42 and a sustained
- >transfer rate of 3621 bps.
- >>
- >>That means nothing because it was not a compressed file.
-
- What about transfer rates for uploading compressed files? I have noted
- good transfer rates for downloading compressed files of around 3.2-3.5 kbs
- but uploading the same file I was only able to muster about 2.0-2.1kbs
- ???? I don't get it! Anybody have some answers?
-
- Perplexed in Portland (Doug)
-