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- From: kev@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Kevin Walsh)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs.internet,alt.bbs.waffle,alt.bbs,comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Free Internet/Usenet Access (was Re: Modem Madness)
- Message-ID: <945@dsbc.icl.co.uk>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 16:15:39 GMT
- References: <1992Nov7.204727.19039@jack.sns.com> <1992Nov11.003904.24046@pegasus.com> <1992Nov14.014504.21583@jack.sns.com>
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- Organization: Cursor Software Limited, London, England
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- In article <1992Nov14.014504.21583@jack.sns.com> steve@jack.sns.com (J. Steven Harrison) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Nov11.003904.24046@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:
- > >>
- > >>We are using Telebit WorldBlazers between us and our provider and we are seeing
- > >>close to 75K throughput on SLIP or PPP. I beleive this is an even cheaper solution
- > >>than the ISDN solution which may/may not be available throughout the US (it is here
- > >>though).
- > >>
- > >
- > >Either this is an instantaneous rate, or you are sending really strange
- > >data, or you need to check your numbers again. Or perhaps you're
- > >referring to the combined throughput of a number of lines.
- > >
- > >
- > I'd be happy to if I had the time and if I knew it was worth doing. I would suggest
- > that if you have not read a WorldBlazer manual you do so.
- >
- Sorry to butt in.
-
- I was considering geting an ISDN connexion for my machines at home but went for
- a modem instead because of the equipment and line rental cost and the fact that
- my UNIX (Interactive System V/386 version 3.2) won't drive the machine's serial port
- at anything over 38400bps anyway!
-
- I went for a Miracom Courier HST/DS in the end which seems to give me a SLIP
- throughput of 28K or so.
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