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 In article <829393148_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>
  guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison) said:-

> In article <829292654snz@dsl.co.uk>
>  Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <bhk@dsl.co.uk> said:-
>
>[snip]
>
>>What surprises me is that there has been hardly any "me too"ing to my
>>original thread (which has now expired here).  [snip]
>
>>Please, let's have a flurry of "me toos" if it applies: I cannot believe
>>I'm on my own here.  I've cross-posted to d.i.s.pc, in case the problem
>>really *is* KA9Q specific (which I very much doubt) and there are readers
>>there who don't read demon.ip.support, but set follow-ups to d.i.s (for
>>the time being).
>
OK, here's my "me too", FWIW.
Last year, running a Falcon with 9600Baud modem, and default settings, I
was getting a consistent 1400-1500 char/sec on news. This year, same
Falcon, USR Sportster 28.8k plus HSMODEM, same settings apart from 'attach'
speed, 400-600 char/sec on news, e.g.

3-April-1996
740 articles (955449 bytes) in 1689 sec (565 bytes/sec)
Rx: 3501914 chars 0 o/r    Tx: 129304 chars 0 o/r
(news only, no email or ftp)

Friday I altered mru/mss to 576/536 in DIAL.TXT and STARTUP.NOS (running
under OASIS) and am now consistently (3 downloads) getting 1100 char/sec on
news, e.g.
21-April-1996
news throughput 862424/882755 in 775/807 sec (1112/1052 bytes/sec)
Rx: 996518 chars 0 o/r  Tx: 52715 chars 0 o/r    

Some improvement, but not the blistering 5000 bytes/sec we hear of from
other lucky users 8-( 

>I mention this in case it is relevent to someone, even if only to 
>dismiss it. FTP to hensa gave me a lot of resent packets as well 
>(about a 3rd of the total). I don't do much ftp these days so I can't 
>say if this was a one off. Could the same machine be responsible for 
>both?
>
FTP from ftp.demon - large binaries- on Saturday was giving me 2200
bytes/sec, which for binaries doesn't seem too bad.

I justified the purchase of the Sportster on the grounds that it would pay
for itself in reduced phone bills in two years. Ha! If my better half
hadn't found a use for the fax capability(*), I would be in the doghouse.
((*)Before you ask, sending and receiving faxes.)

Regards,   
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aprice@postern.demon.co.uk   Alan Price