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- From: estarry@oro.net (Ed Starry)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: v34 speed on txt files???
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 04:39:31 GMT
- Organization: "oronet, Penn Valley, CA"
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- References: <4hqq0e$eqn@sam.inforamp.net> <4hr16a$bci@nntp1.best.com> <314C53FC.1184@compassnet.com>
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- Jon-Eric Simmons <jon-eric.simmons@compassnet.com> wrote about {Re: v34
- speed on txt files???} in 'comp.dcom.modems'...
-
- ~Matt Fox wrote:
-
- ~> 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
-
- ~When I send text files I usually get the maximum rate of 115200bps.
- ~Later...
- ~--
-
- ~-Jon-Eric Simmons
- =================
-
- I'm with you Jon-Eric. A rate of 115,200 bps is a walk in the park for two
- properly configured modems. These people that think 4:1 compression is
- propaganda are living in the dark ages and probably using poorly configured
- sub-standard equipment.
-
- Ed...
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