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In <3450ec89$3$qbaz$mr2ice@nntp.ftel.net>, on 10/24/97 at 11:44 AM,
   donm@ftel.net said:

>>>Stan Koper wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Right now I'm getting downloads of about 3250 cps (is it
>>>> cps or bps?), not 56k for sure, but 25% faster than my
>>>> old 28.8 card.
>>>> 
>>>It's cps - Characters Per Second.  A 56K modem running at
>>>its theoretical maximum of 56x1024 bps - Bits Per Second -
>>>should be able to deliver 56x1024/10 = 5734 cps, assuming
>>>1 start bit, 8 bit data, 1 stop bit, and no compression.
>>>Bps is not the same as 'baud', which strictly is transitions per second. 
>>>In the old days, a 300baud modem was 300bps,
>>>since each transition was 1 bit.  Nowadays, the modems
>>>encode 4 bits or more for each transition.

>>>DM

>PS....

>My 28.8 running with SIO and a DTE rate of 115K got download  speeds of
>3100-3300cps.....

>Most internet providers think the 56K modem is one of the bigger jokes of
>the computer history...

>don.m
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>donm@ftel.net using Merlin and MR/2 ICE reg#114
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Yeah.   I have been reading this thread with some amazement.  I know that
local phone lines are not much in most places, and that I am truly
fortunate to live in a building that has just been rewired in fiber, but
if you guys think that the modem is doing great at the above speeds,
permit me to disagree.  No modem will overcome a poor  connection. 

I am running a Zoom 28800 from an oem box (very cheap) and my carrier
speed on ibm.net (granted they are superior to most) is consistently
28800, with the connect speed at 115200 ( also all the time).  Downloads
are shown by the ibm dialer at up to 3300  (average) when everything is
humming.  I did run the test on the USR bbs and it came in at a perfect
connection so I am not surprised.  but you should get at least  5000 dl
speed to justify the cost of the modem.

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