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- From: "G. Dragon" <Vadim@infsviaz.msk.su>
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- Subject: Re: 56700baud modem, is this ISDN only?
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 09:51:34 +0300
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- Bob Nixon <bigrex@primenet.com> 11 Mar 1996 21:35:01 wrote:
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- >It is my usderstanding that IDSN modem rates are 2X 64K bits or a max of
- >128Kbits/second. With compression the throughput can be as high as 512000
- >bit per second or potentially over 4 times the speed of an analog modem.
- >I've heard that this is rarely the case though and with the advent of V34+
- >and parallel port modems capable of higher than 115200 port speeds the
- >real world speed advantages is probably less than 2X over analog modems.
- >If someone can dispute this with real data I'll become a believer, but at
- >this time I really don't see ISDN as a cost effective upgrade for most of
- >us.
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- According to my experience with short range modems (working at 64000 bit/s
- and higher), they don't compress transmitted data. Till now I believed
- that ISDN modems are short range modems. Am I wrong?
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- Regards, G. Dragon
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