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  1. Path: news.azstarnet.com!usenet
  2. From: jmbenn@azstarnet.com (Jim Bennett)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: hypermodem - hype
  5. Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 00:11:10 GMT
  6. Organization: Arizona Daily Star - AZSTARNET
  7. Message-ID: <3151ed6b.898847@news.azstarnet.com>
  8. References: <4bb_9603210125@fidouk.fidonet.org>
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  11.  
  12. Mark.Simms@f235.n254.z2.fidonet.org (Mark Simms) wrote:
  13.  
  14. >Here is a verified _actual_ real_life_ transatlantic connect from London,
  15. >UK to Texas
  16.  
  17. >=  0:22:55  CONNECT 21600/ARQ/LAPM/V42BIS
  18.                                         ------
  19. What's so great about a 21600bps connection?
  20.  
  21. >*  0:24:31  Rcvd C:\BBS\FD\INBOUND\1X30.TST; 983040b, 10685 CPS
  22.  
  23. How about some verified _actual_real_life_transatlantic stats on a
  24. 983,040b * ZIP * file?  That .TST file isn't a measure of anything
  25. "real life", at least not in my life.  Assuming it's a typical "test"
  26. file (highly compressable), and 4:1 compression, then that's only
  27. 2670cps.  Are you trying to say this was some kind of super-duper
  28. connection/transfer?  What am I missing?
  29.  
  30. Cheers,
  31. --
  32. Jim Bennett
  33. Tucson AZ
  34.