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- From: southard@epix.net (Bob Southard)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Shouldn't avg. file transfers speed match modem speed?
- Date: 13 Feb 1996 18:03:48 GMT
- Organization: epix.net
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- >I've noticed that the average file transfer speed for my generic Rockwell
- >chip 14.4k modem is anywhere from 1.4 to .7 kilobytes per second for
- >binaries.
-
- >If there's something I need to understand about it, I'd certainly appreciate
- >someone explaining it to me.
- >
- Keep in mind that the modem runs at 14.4 KBaud, that is bits, per
- second; throughput is measured in KBytes (8 bits) per second.
- Also, each Byte requires start and stop bits, so there really is an
- order of magnitude difference between your Baud rate and Byte rate;-(.
-