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- From: rlwilson@teleport.com (Richard Wilson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Cardinal or USR?
- Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 07:22:05 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
- Message-ID: <4c822m$40f@maureen.teleport.com>
- References: <4beieb$so1@viking.cris.com> <DK0vs8.FFF@freenet.carleton.ca> <4bi0qk$kcj@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4c727p$pm@castle.nando.net>
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- alexlang@nando.net@nando.net wrote:
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- >In <4bi0qk$kcj@guysmiley.blarg.net>, EW <wuen@blarg.net> writes:
- >>The USR cost 33% more than the Cardinal. This 33% does not buy
- >>33% of improvement in throughput.
-
- >Yea, but that is a fairly simple way of evaluating the situation.
- >What you should say it that WHEN the Cardinal gets a connection, it
- >doesn't have 33% worse thruput. Can the Cardinal handle connections
- >outside of the US as well as the USR? Can it handle 2 satellite hops
- >worth of delay in it's echo cancellers? Can it handle severe ADPCM
- >distortion that can be present in some of the older hotel PBXs in the
- >USA and abroad?
-
- >Personal opinion, you do do get something for your extra 33% dollars.
- >Questions is really do you need it. John Navas covers some of these
- >issues in his excellent 28.8 FAQ on the WEB. Check it out......
-
- Geez Alexlang!
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- Kinda hard aren't you?
-
- I and 99.99% of real people cannot care any less about whether our modems
- perform well bouncing off of satellites and in hotel PBXs here and abroad.
- I use my Cardinal 288i to successfully call local numbers within ten miles of
- my house and I betcha most people do exactly the same.
-
- Lighten up. An apology to EW is definitely in order!
-
- Richard
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- Richard Wilson
- Beaverton, Oregon
- United States of America
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