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- From: geh@world.std.com (Greg E Hersh)
- Subject: Re: v34 speed on txt files???
- Message-ID: <Do0oCn.Kzv@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- References: <4hqq0e$eqn@sam.inforamp.net> <4hr16a$bci@nntp1.best.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 20:17:10 GMT
-
- Matt Fox (Rigor@clever.net) wrote:
- : n article <4hqq0e$eqn@sam.inforamp.net>, pcp@inforamp.net says...
- : >
- : >I use the USR 28.8 with the init string set by Win95, mdmusrsp.inf and no
- : >other items. I get 28.8 (with v.34+, occasionally 31,200 )connects but
- : >the transfer rates seem well below potential so I blame my ISP.
- : >Transfering a text file from the local ftp site my transfer speed is no
- : >better than 7100bytes p/s. With 4x compression on text files shouldn't
- : >the rate be like * much * higher??
- : >--
- : >--
-
- : 4:1 compression with v.42bis is just propaganda.. its never that high
- : with real world data.. expect 3:1 at the most, and possibly somewhere
- : between 2-3:1 in the real world
-
- Agree. Except 2-3:1 compression. This is my experience as well. (1.5 - 2
- with binary images, 2-3 with text files). So in fact 7100 bytes per second
- is a fairly decent rate (hey, it is after all 56K bits per second!).
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- - Greg -
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