Re: A4000 & 28.8 Modems

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From: Michael-Dennis Biemans
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:00

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Chris Audley (chris@santaari.tcp.co.uk) wrote:

: If you're fetching WWW pages, the modem compression is used *alot*.

it works only for the text then, as GIFs and JPEGs are already compressed.

: With 15+ images and pages being fetched via my 28k I frequently see more than
: 7k/s which requires a serial speed of around 70k+ - OK its not 115200, but
: with a 57,6 you would be limited to 5k/s.

sometimes when I'm at university with a very fast link, I don't get speeds
above 3k/s. Only local stuff is very fast.

: Then again, my machine (a RPC) is running as a server, and its unlikely 
: you'd being using an A4000 in the same situation.

ok, that's a totally different situation then :-)  And I agree you can't get
to the *limit* with 57k6 serial speed and a 28k8 modem, but it will be much
faster than a 14k4.


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