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Steve Firth <filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]
> Having the all OT native TCP/IP now means that I get better than 6Kb/s
> transfers (up to 12Kb/s) using a 33.6 GV Platinum modem. 

You're not going to get much faster than that with a 33.6 modem; I'm
surprised you've seen that sort of speed at all.

>SIMS/MacSoup
> mean that I don't have to download reams of garbage for the few things
> that interest me.

Interesting.  Which version(s?) of OT is all PPC native?

FWIW, on 68K Macs, there's some evidence that MacTCP 2.0.6 is faster
than OT (I've seen tests showing MacTCP 2.0.6 on a 68K Mac being faster
than OT 1.1.2 on a PPC Mac).  If you've not got a DMA serial port,
FreePPP is faster than OT/PPP once you get above a 14,400 bit/s modem
(and start having a use for serial port speeds above 57600 bit/s).

I see peak download speeds of just over 10kByte/s on my Performa 475
using MacTCP 2.0.6 or OT 1.1.2 and FreePPP (System 7.1 or 7.6) and a GV
33.6 modem.  Switching between MacTCP 2.0.6 and OT 1.1.2 hasn't appeared
to make any difference to me: the limit seems to be the phone line in
this case.

Rowland.

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