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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: slip
Message-ID: <3493.27365264@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: 5 Nov 90 20:11:19 GMT
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Chuck Bacon (crtb@helix.nih.gov ) wrote: 

 > A true V.32 rate of 9600 should give an effective data throughput
 >close to 80%, or near 760 bytes per second.

   Would it not still be to your advantage to use MNP3 & MNP4 (or V.42)? This 
would increase the throughput (80% of 1200 in stead of 80% of 960) and remove 
the need for TCP to correct errors (the modems would probably correct them 
faster than the systems could).
 

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