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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Is 2400 baud mnp class 5 worth it for interact work?
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Date: 5 Feb 91 15:24:57 GMT
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In article <2464@bnlux0.bnl.gov> kushmer@bnlux0.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick) writes:
<I am trying to decide if I should spend US$160 for an MNP class 5
<modem. I will use it mostly for interactive work over a phone line.
<
<I now use a 2400 modem with out MNP, and have okay luck. My line noise is low
<but not zero (spurious character about 1 in 100 at worst, 1 in 500 at best.)
<
<Has anybody recently gone to MNP and able to comment on the speedup I should
<expect? I expect the modem connection to be the limiting factor (On one end,
<a 286 running kermit terminal emulator, on the other end, TXA0, a terminal line
<on the vax.)

Yes, IMHO, it is very much worth it.  Almost, but not quite, a 2X speedup
when reading news, for example.  The higher the volume of text (readable
characters), the better the compression and the faster the apparent speedup is.
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