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- From: krw@together.net
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Modem gurus.....I could use some help !!
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 06:57:03 GMT
- Organization: TGF Internet Services
- Message-ID: <4htufv$m4o@bristlecone.together.net>
- References: <4hhjav$3du@shell.fore.com> <4hnm7s$jbk@dsm6.dsmnet.com> <3140b7b4.1272996@news.demon.co.uk>
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- In <3140b7b4.1272996@news.demon.co.uk>, pete@bram-sys.demon.co.uk (Pete Jones) writes:
- >
- >For your information, the 28.8K refers to the bearer rate of the link,
- >that is the rate at which bits are moved between modems. One should
- >also consider that a large number of those bits will be protocol bits
- >(ARQs / CRCs etc) so your traffic rate will be somewhat less than
- >28.8K, probably more like 20kb/s.
-
- You should also consider data compression. If you can get 2:1 compression
- at 28.8K you're already knocking at the door of 57.6K. Some files can get
- up to 4:1, but these tend to be compressed already (JPEGS and such) and
- thus do not compress more.
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- / Keith R. Williams
- / krw@together.net
- / Burlington Vermont
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