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In <3453c247$1$zpunffba$mr2ice@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, on 10/26/97 at
05:12 PM,
   mchasson@ibm.net said:

**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
**>-----------------------------------------------------------
**>donm@ftel.net using Merlin and MR/2 ICE reg#114
**>-----------------------------------------------------------
**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.

I get 3300cps downloads pretty consistently with the crappy old phone
lines that we have, using a 28.8K USR external. My other modem is
upgraded to 33.6K and it gets 3600cps most of the time.

I can't do 53K because of too many analog switches, but to tell you
the truth, 53K is not that great an improvement over 33K considering
the cost to me for the modem, to me for the detrimental effect on my
ISP having to support two stupid standards, and the aggravation of
having to put up with the world claiming we all should be celebrating
this tiny increase in speed. On top of all of that, its only one way,
so if you upload files and the like, no change at all. If I didn't
know better, I would swear that that criminal Gates is behind this
hype. :)

Nah, not worth it, if you ask me (I know, no one did <g>)

John