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- Path: logica.co.uk!usenet
- From: hhlk@tiac.net (Harvey Harrison)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Analog vs Digital setup time
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 19:06:15 GMT
- Organization: Logica UK Ltd.
- Message-ID: <4jp9o7$pin@romeo.logica.co.uk>
- References: <1996Mar26.165448.4010@picker.com>
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- SYSNET@whqvax.picker.com (Leonard A. Visconti) wrote:
-
- >We are currently using 1-800 dialup to let our field engineers (FEs) access our
- >service database. The FEs use 14.4 analog modems to access a bank of 14.4
- >analog modems at our corporate site. Our tests show that the once the call
- >connects, it takes about 20 seconds for the modems to negotiate before the
- >login procedure can take place.
-
- >I am looking at replacing our modem bank at the corporate site with digital
- >modems accessed directly through a T1. Will that significantly lower the
- >modem negotiation time? Any one have figures on this? Thanks.
-
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- >| Leonard A. Visconti Picker International |
- >| Network Analyst 595 Miner Road |
- >| visconti@picker.com Highland Heights, Ohio 44143 |
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-
- Assuming you are talking about ISDN, you will see connect times
- anywhere between 2 and 15 seconds, depending on which TAs your
- engineers use. Some products are noticably slower than others.
-
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