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- From: robertn141@aol.com (RobertN141)
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- Subject: Re: hypermodem
- Date: 18 Mar 1996 09:02:43 -0500
- Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
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- Thank you for the inquiry. Yes, my company manufactures this product.
- The modem tested was an early version which we claimed was only about
- 30% faster than a normal Rockwell based modem. However, we have now
- released a new version which is up to 200% faster than the original
- Rockwell
- type modem. This modem can reach up to 230,000+ throughput which is
- higher than even the new 33.6 modems from our competitors. In addition,
- we have increased the microprocessor onboard performance from about
- 14 MHZ on standard modems to about 20MHZ. This makes compression
- and decompression faster on this modem than most modems. Yet the
- modem is priced much lower than equivalent products from such companies
- as U.S. Robotics (Courier) and other high performance equivalents. It is
- priced
- slightly higher than the lowest priced modems available today.
- For information purposes, most modems state 115,200 throughput. This is
- set by the DTE rate as the maximum. Depending on the type of data being
- transmitted and the degree of compression many modems only get about
- 88,000 throughput. This is due to the aforementioned reasons but also due
- to
- the inability of the onboard microprocessor to decompress the data fast
- enough.
- Not enough horsepower. The really expensive modems use in some cases
- 32 bit high performance processors and charge a lot more. We use an 8 Bit
- microcontroller and enhanced architecture and firmware to match the best
- case throughput and yet not have the cost burden. We have had the modem
- tested and have reached in excess of 230,000 bps under ideal conditions.
- In most normal cases it should outperform other modems under the same
- conditions.
- So, the review did not have the latest version which probably would have
- given
- us Five out of Five Stars.
- Thanks for your interest.
- You can reach us at 1-717-569-8030 U.S.A. or Fax 1-717-569-8530
- U.S. customers can call 1-800-5SPEED5
-