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From: rick@pcrat.uucp (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: telebit speed
Keywords: telebit baud uunet
Message-ID: <1990Aug27.023921.10506@pcrat.uucp>
Date: 27 Aug 90 02:39:21 GMT
References: <150@grumbly.UUCP> <7841@gollum.twg.com>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <7841@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes:
>In article <150@grumbly.UUCP> root@grumbly.com writes:
>>I've recently started using a Telebit T2500.  I'm getting transmission
>>rates of about 1700 cps from me --> uunet, but only 800-1100 cps 
>>from uunet --> me.

>This might be because of small input buffers on your system.  Poor
>implementation of hardware flow control (or no flow control) on your end.
>Or your system might be slow.  (Face it.. Sequent's simply do not lack
>for CPU cycles... ;-) ...)

I think its 1) because outgoing speeds are lies, due to buffering,
and 2) because UUNET has oversubscribed and is overloaded at all
the popular times to call (like all night).

Don't flame me, I can back this with stats and I've fooled
around with calling at different times to avoid the problem.
I'm a 'charter' subscriber, and I remember when I used to get
good stats from uunet.  Now, there are times when throughput
drops to 600 cps at night, and it makes better economic sense
to just call during 'prime time'.

BTW, It doesn't take a rocket scientist to watch the lights
on a modem and tell which side is dogging it.

Question of the day: as long as busy signals don't occur,
lower thruput translates to more revenue for UUNET.  One
wonders if they can maintain non-profit status if the
thruput keeps going down.

Personally, I think the bureau of weights and measures
(or whatever) should get involved with all these data
carriers and make them charge based on bytes of info
delivered (over a particular nominal capacity channel),
rather than connect time.  UUNET's not that bad (yet),
but compuserve is downright criminal.  [Obviously, they
get to measure and charge for time *my* side is wasting].

-Rick
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