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- From: Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Shouldn't avg. file transfers speed match modem speed?
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 19:33:03 GMT
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
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- In article <3122C5D1.6620@op.net>, rju@op.net says...
- >
- >Ernesto Laban wrote:
- >>
- >> You get two things mixed up. 14k4 means 14.400 BITS per second.
- >> The download value you mentioned is kBYTES per second.
- >> 1 byte is 8 bits. so if you divide 14,4/8=1.8 kByte per second.
- >
- >Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always thought modems transmit 10
- bits for
- >each byte. 8 bits for the character, plus 1 parity bit and 1 stop
- bit?
- >
- > -Bob
-
- not when you use mnp/v42 it strips the start and stop bits
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