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- From: mbarkah@hemi.com (Ade Barkah)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why 33600?
- Date: 17 Apr 1996 01:13:54 GMT
- Organization: Hemisphere Online
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- Ed Starry (estarry@oro.net) wrote:
-
- : ... If I can transfer data at 7,000+ cps from a rickety 3 year old
- : 14.4 'WHY' do I need a modem with a higher Analog Rate? ...
-
- You will not be able to sustain 7,000+ cps binary transfer with a
- 14.4 kbps modem no matter how much "buffer" or "cache" you might have.
-
- : ... If compression is working as designed then higher Analog Rates
- : aren't needed, are they? ...
-
- Not all types of data are compressible. ZIPed files, for example,
- are not compressible by the modem. Regardless, suppose you can
- achieve 2x compression on a text transfer with a 14.4k modem,
- for a throughput of 28.8k (minus overhead.) With a 28.8 modem,
- you'd be able to achieve 57.6 kbps (minus overhead) for the same
- file.
-
- Clearly, compression or not, a higher analog rate is desirable.
-
- : PS: While you're at it, would you tell everyone what a 'Serial Port
- : Interface capable of 128 Kbps' is?
-
- Synchronous serial interfaces are capable of 128 Kbps and more. The
- V.35 interface can sustain at least 1.544 mega-bps. For example, I
- use V.35 to connect our high capacity T1 line to our network router.
-
- -Ade Barkah
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