Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!ron.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Microcom's misleading modem ad Keywords: telebit trailblazer, V.42, uucp, compress Message-ID: Date: 14 May 89 01:50:48 GMT References: <28111@cci632.UUCP> <1937@edison.GE.COM> <534@visdc.UUCP> <9342@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 9 > This is incorrect. Uucp sends multiple packets before needing an > acknowledgement. If uucp used larger packets, it would work fine (ie, > have good performance) on these other modems. Or sent more of them before blocking. The problem is not so much the time that it takes the remote host to process the packet, but the delay in the telephone system that makes the larger windows necessary. However, since UUCP doesn't use larger windows, trailblazers are going to win for quite some time.