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- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: hypermodem - hype
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 23:00:32 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
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- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
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- RobertN141 (robertn141@aol.com) writes:
- > I think your comments are well taken but are not real world for the
- > primary
- > market we address here in the U.S.A.. We currently do not sell our modems
- > overseas. However, based upon a response to you mail from another party
- > apparently there are limitations due to international circuits.
- > Regarding the intuitive issues. Our processor will always decompress the
- > data faster than competitive designs with slower processors. Whether this
- > makes a difference at lower speeds is valid but who cares about the lower
- > speeds. One thing is for sure if the competition sets the dte rate at
- > 115,200
- > they will do no higher, If they use a slower controller they will compress
- > and decompress slower. Why do you think USR and Hayes put 32 bit
- > processors on their top of the line models? However, this is overkill,
-
- I know that USR uses a 16-bit processor and not a 32-bit one (an
- Intel 80186). The Hayes apperently uses a Motorola 68302, which is also
- apperently the same processor used by AT&T Comspheres and Motorola v.3400s
- Out of curiosity, just what processor are your modems using?
-
- > the
- > slower processor is underkill. We have tested the product and have
- > achieved
- > the performance as indicated previously. Yes, we tested with ITU
- > specifications performed by a reliable source other than AMQUEST.
- > The modem will provide exceptional higher performance under certain
- > conditions while the competition will not.
-
- In my experience compression ability is meaningless until you get
- the modem working right first, which would be what I'd check for before
- buying a modem. Hayes modems may have won all the conpression tests, but
- they're still really slow at transfering data a lot of the time due to
- seriours flaws in their v.34 protocol (which may or may not have been
- fixed now). IMO, the TSB-38 PSTN sim. test is MUCH more important then
- the throughput test from the same set.
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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