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- From: welch@xcf.Berkeley.EDU (Sean N. Welch)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: ISDN for data
- Date: 30 Jul 1992 16:50:15 GMT
- Organization: Experimental Computing Facility, U.C. Berkeley
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- In article <9207300705.AA04214@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> RAF@CU.NIH.GOV ("Roger Fajman") writes:
- [...]
- >For async, they started out pitching X.25 connections over the 16
- >kbps D channel on a Basic Rate Interface. It seems to me that
- >this is going to be slower than a V.32bis modem, especially one
- >with V.42bis compression.
-
- I don't see the point of X.25 over D channels. If someone could enlighten
- me, I'd be most appreciative.
-
- [...]
- >While 38400 bps seems more in the ballpark, at least today, why
- >is the rest of the bandwidth being wasted? Why do none of these
- >units implement something like V.42bis compression?
-
- It is my understanding that this limitation (38.4Kbps) was based on
- the fact that it went through a serial port. As for the lack of
- compression on the part of terminal adapter manufacturers, I think
- it's just a matter of time. The assumption could be that people will
- be satisfied for some time with the increase over conventional modems.
- I expect that compression will come into play over the next two years,
- if not sooner. I wonder how much throughput you could get?
-
- >There was also an interesting unit (I've forgotten the brand)
- >that could do 128 kbps sync over 2 B channels.
- [...]
-
- Depending on your needs, this is what I would recommend. We had been
- using terminal adapters at 38.4Kbps and it was a big gain over my old
- 2400 bps modem. However, now that we have ISDN<->ethernet bridges that
- use both B channels, life is even better. In addition to the speed
- increase, now we don't have to run SLIP or PPP.
-
- >Anyway, given the relative prices of ISDN terminal interfaces and
- >V.32bis modems, I wonder if we shouldn't just continue to run
- >analog modems, at least for async data.
- [...]
-
- It depends on your needs versus the cost of the equipment, but I've been
- very pleased with the gain we've gotten from ISDN.
-
- Sean N. Welch \\/ welch@xcf.Berkeley.EDU
- Experimental Computing Facility /\\ University of California, Berkeley
-