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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: PEP vs. v.32
Message-ID: <6957.27D86C0A@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 91 17:37:19 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS - Kitchener, Ontario

Greg Andrews (gandrews@netcom.COM ) wrote:

 >First of all, the modem typically uses only about 400 
 >carriers.  Those
 >at the top and the bottom extremes of the frequency range 
 >aren't often
 >used because the line isn't good enough.

   I'm fully aware of how a *typical* Telebit connection works, and you are 
doing nothing but distract attention from the issue, which is that Telebit has 
not introduced any improvements in the carrier technology since the 
introduction of V2 ROMs (and the emergence of the Telebit Trailblazer, as 
opposed to the DCA IRMA FastLink... I *do* go back that far, thank you)

   I feel that the multicarrier approach is inherently superior to any 
single-carrier approach (with the possible exception of the relative 
difficulty of echo cancellation), and am disappointed that Telebit has not 
demonstrated this by advancing their technology to outdistance the HSTs, 
V-96s, V.32s, and V.32bis in terms of throughput.
 

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