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From: glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V.32 vs. Telebit: Which should I buy?
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Date: 22 May 91 01:18:58 GMT
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In article <1991May16.150546.26870@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca>, curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Curt Sampson) writes:
> Well, the initial solution was obvious.  I thought that I'd buy a
> Telebit 2500 and get both.  Until I compared the price with the
> contents of my bank account.  :-(
> 
> At any rate, I need a cheap high-speed modem.  It's primarially for
> UUCP work with a local site that I'm currently exchanging 1.5-2 MB per
> day with.  That site has T2500s on the lines, so it can handle either
> V.32 or Telebit protocols.
> 
> The primary advantages of the Telebit seem to be the higher transfer
> rate (in part due to UUCP spoofing) and better support under Unix (I
> run SCO Xenix 286 2.3.2).
> 
> The primary adavantages of the V.32 seem to be that they are better
> for interactive use (I have several interactive users, and one of the
> computers I call regularly has a couple of V.32 modems as well as a
> Telebit) and they are slightly cheaper.
> 
> Does anybody have any recommendations on what I should get?  What kind
> of UUCP transfer rates can I expect from each kind of modem?  Is
> anybody out there selling Telebits really cheaply?  What about V.32
> modems?

I use a V.32 modem for my primary feed, but due to the fact that the modem
on the other end doesn't support LAPM (V.42bis 4:1 compression), I simply
turned off all compression.  Since my news:mail ratio is roughly 100:1,
I can live with only 9600 baud.  However, if someone put a V.42bis modem
on the other end, I certainly wouldn't mind...

Seriously, I also considered the T2500, but since V.32 and V.42bis are relatively
new standards in the telecom marketplace, getting a modem without them is
like getting a 300-baud modem 3 years ago.

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