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- From: bogus (Mike Neus)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 128 internet modem request
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 18:32:45 GMT
- Organization: Texas Instruments
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- In article <4d5iln$cm7@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, elphantas@aol.com says...
- >
- >In article
- ><Pine.A32.3.91.960108234854.61429C-100000@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca>,
- >"Philip D. Porth" <pdporth@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> writes:
- >
- >Swiftlink runs at up to 38.4K, according to specs. I've never quite
- >figured out how it handles compression, though. Since a 14.4 modem
- >communicates with the computer at up to 57.6Kbps with V.42 or MNP-5
- >compresion, it would seem that the fastest modem to modem speed would have
- >to be 9600bps, but I hear people talking about running at 14.4 all the
- >time. So I don't know about that, though I'm probably going to find out,
- >since I got my Swiftlink yesterday. Maybe I should have posed this as a
- >question rather than a response. Doug, your comments are welcome.
-
- What don't you understand about it? First off, the compression happens in
- the modem, not the Swiftlink. Data comes from one machine, to the modem,
- compressed and transmitted at 14.4K baud (or whatever), is de-compressed in
- the other modem, and sent to the computer. The speed between the computer
- and the modem needs to be faster than the modem to modem connect rate to take
- advantage of the speed increase offered by the modem to modem compression.
- How much faster depends on how much compression you get. Most modem
- manufactures claim up to a 4x improvement on throughput, which is probably
- true if you sent a file of nothing but the same character. Less than 2x is
- more typical.
-
- If you shop around for tape backup drives you notice they are even more
- deceptive. The box itself will claim you are getting a 800MB tape backup,
- but the fine print says it assumes a 2x compression rate (again, this only
- happens under ideal conditions) and actual drive capacity is 400MB with the
- caviot "your results may vary". I have yet to put 250MB on my 250MB tape
- drive. Sadly, all tape drives are marketed this way. There must be a law
- against doing this on hard disks or somthing...I have never seen this rubish
- on a hard disk.
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