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- From: ken@Cayman.COM (Ken Siegel)
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- Subject: Re: V.42bis - on 2400 baud
- Message-ID: <KEN.92Aug28212916@stthomas.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 01:29:16 GMT
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- In-reply-to: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com's message of 28 Aug 92 14:09:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug28.140938.9352@qiclab.scn.rain.com> leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
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- > Few questions about V.42bis 2400 baud modems... firstoff, whats
- >the typical CPS rate on them with zip & gif files? I figure maybe 50%
- >improvement, but its rough-guessing, you only get true 9600 baud output if
- >its straight text files.
-
- Try more like 1-5%. V.42 *can't* compress files that are already compressed.
- Neither can MNP5, but at least V.42 is smart enough to see that it'll be
- making the file *bigger*, and quit trying.
-
- GIF and ZIP files are essentially uncompressable. Your modem *certainly*
- doesn't have the horsepower to do it. *Never* count on V.42 or MNP making
- a significant difference in transmission time.
-
- With a 9600 bps modem and V.42, the highest xfer rate I've seen was
- 12000 bps.
-
- Based on hard experimental data we have obtained here at Cayman while working
- a lot with V.42bis, I can safely say your statement about V.42bis compression
- not making a difference in transmission time is false. If you already have
- a compressed file, this is true. For text files this is absolutely false.
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