Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Standards: V.32 vs others
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.014917.5563@qualcomm.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 01:49:17 GMT
References: <1991Jun15.010527.13458@kentrox.uucp>
Sender: news@qualcomm.com
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Lines: 38
Nntp-Posting-Host: cancun.qualcomm.com

In article <1991Jun15.010527.13458@kentrox.uucp> bud@kentrox.uucp (Bud Couch) writes:
>
>In article <1991Jun13.183839.292@qualcomm.com> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>I maintain a BBS list for San Diego... I don't have the exact stats on high
>>speed modems, I haven't done any counts for a month or more, but for modems
>>that are faster than 2400, it pretty much breaks down as:
>>  %85 USR HST
>>  %8  V.32 (bis)
>>  %6  CompuCom
>>  %1  Other
>>

>I beg to differ with you. The latest VanPort BBS listing has 171 full-time
>systems with 184 asssociated numbers listed. Of these, 122 have no 9600 baud 
>capability. Of those that do, however, the breakdown shows 3 PEP systems,
>10 HST systems, 24 V.32 systems, 20 dual HST/V.32, 4 dual PEP/V.32 systems,
>and one Triple: PEP, HST, and V.32.
>
>If you have a PEP modem you have 9600 baud access to 8 systems. If you
>have an HST modem, you're good for 30 systems. If you have a V.32 modem, 
>you have acces to 49 systems. A dual HST/V.32 gives access to 59. 
>
>These are completely at odds with your figures. 
>[conclusions based on this]

Have you ever considered that different cities have different BBS populations?
Just because your figures for Portland are different than mine for San Diego
(where I maintain one of the primary BBS lists) doesn't mean that mine are
wrong!  Your population appears to be radically different than ours, including
far fewer BBSes and a much smaller percentage of those have high-speed modems.

I'd suggest that anyone buy whatever best suits the town they live in.  I have
a Dual Standard V.32bis, but that's fairly useless in V.32bis mode as the only
other modems that have V.32bis are other Dual Standards.


-- 
Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks.     |     Ron Dippold