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- From: landen@cir.frg.eur.nl (Peter van der Landen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: hypermodem - hype
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 18:11:53 GMT
- Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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- jmbenn@azstarnet.com (Jim Bennett) wrote:
-
- >For many of us, there's practically no sense *at all* in comparing
- >V.42bis compression capabilities because it doesn't make that much
- >difference in what we use our modems for. Quite a few of the callers
- >to my BBS have compression turned off, for example..
-
- Considering 'many' of the readers of this group are retrieving the
- messages thru a non-compressing PPP or Slip connection, that is less
- true now than it ever was. Hardware compression really helps with Slip
- or PPP connections where usually only the headers are compressed.
-
- >I agree with you whole-heartedly about the hype, especially about
- >V.34+. I have *yet* to see a 33600 connection with my V.34+, and
- >perhaps a grand total of five 31200 connects (out of thousands).
- >Meanwhile, I'm getting just as many (if not more) 28.8K connects from
- >my "other" V.34 (without the "+"). My phone lines are typical of
- >quite a few places in the world..probably better than a lot of folks',
- >worse than others'.
-
- Apparently mine aren't.
-
- > Some of my sysop friends in other parts of the
- >U.S. tell me they're happy to get 26400. They're certainly not going
- >to magically start getting 33600 connections if they shell out some
- >bucks for a "+" model.
-
- For what it's worth, I get 33k6 connections routinely with two
- Couriers. Never thought Dutch phonelines were so great but I sure hope
- the modem makers keep tinkering their boxes to get some extra speed.
- V34+ and V42bis really speed up Internet access, which is what really
- matters nowadays. Who uses BBS's in the nineties anyway?
-
- Regards,
-
-