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From: msp33327@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael S. Pereckas)
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Subject: Re: New Modems
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Date: 26 Nov 90 02:48:35 GMT
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In <9842@discus.technion.ac.il> devil@techunix.BITNET (Gil Tene) writes:

>>
>>Interesting -- did you see PC Magazine's comments about the T2500?  They
>>"couldn't recommend it" because it wouldn't hold the line on noisy
>>connections.
>>


>Well, I wonder If they plugged it in right, or did thay plug it in
>at all? ;-)

>I am using a TB2500 for an overseas connection 1/3 the way around
>the globe. The line is VERY noisy, it has my TB running at "only"
>350-700 Bytes/sec. I can get a connection almost every time
>and hardly ever loose it. I have tried several other connections,
>including 1200,2400 (w and w/o MNP) and 9600 V.32, I have not been
>able to keep anything other than a TB2500 with PEP on the line
>for more than 30 seconds (actually, there was this one 300 baud
>modem...). PEP splits the line up to 512 different bands, and
>uses the clean ones. This makes it much more tolerant to line noise
>than normal modems.



The PC Mag article is primarily about V.32.  It is not clear to what
extent they tested PEP.  What is your experience with V.32?

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