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Article #301Re: Dial-up Modem Speed of 56 Mbps? - Can't believe anyone took this seriously...
From: thanatoid
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:46
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:46
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"Strings" <strings@example.net> wrote in news:462f31bd$0$97228$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net: >> AFAIK, ALL modems except the earliest models ever (300 >> baud etc.) use compression to achieve their "rated >> speeds", > > this is definitely wrong since you can download zipped > files (bz2, 7z) at 50 kbps on a clean line. those types of > files cannot be compressed much by v.44. > > there is no *general* compression algo that can magically > compress any file. text, HTML, xls, can be compressed > because they are highly redundant i.e. low entropy. You know more than I but you are not being logical. A modem can NOT handle more than, say - in my case - 3500bps of data. Of course, if that data was compressed to begin with or if it is sent using yEnc, I will get it more of it in less time. And certain text files can be compressed by 85% or more as anybody who has ever zipped one knows. A bmp file will take forever while a visually equivalent jpg sent using yEnc will take 1/15 of the time. All that, however, has NOTHING to do with the subject. A modem can only do SO MUCH with ANY data it receives. -- Disagreements and the usual insults expected and welcomed.
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