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Article #291Re: Dial-up Modem Speed of 56 Mbps? - Can't believe anyone took this seriously...
From: CBFalconer
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:52
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:52
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thanatoid wrote:
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> thanatoid wrote:
>>
>> ... snip about modems ...
>>>
>>> I realize whether the data transmitted is raw, zipped,
>>> rar'd, yEnc'd or mimed doesn't matter, but I do not
>>> believe bitrate can exceed 56KB (if that) - and most of
>>> the others in the thread seem to feel the same way.
>>
>> But it does matter, highly.
>
> No it does not. If a modem can only receive 25kb per second due
> to whatever reasons, it does NOT matter whether that 25kb is raw
> text or a zipped file. It will do whatever compression it can,
> and give you whatever amount of data it can handle.
However, once that compressed item is received, it is expanded to
more than the original number of bits, and those are deposited in
your file. You never see the compression or expansion. Neither
does the other end. Thus the apparent rate can exceed 56k.
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