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From: hamilton@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: High Speed transfers (was: Tele
Message-ID: <10500012@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 89 21:11:00 GMT
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Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!hamilton    Jun  4 16:11:00 1989


chris@netcom.UUCP says:
> It is not uncommon to see speeds of 1400 characters/sec or more on
> data that is ALREADY compressed.  This is where Telebit is way ahead
> of the other "high-speed" modem makers.  Their claims of 9600, 19200, or
> 38,400 are based on sending data which is highly compressible.  If the
> data is already compressed, their thoughput goes WAY down.
> 
> Please check you facts.

i can't speak for all high-speed modems, but my old HSTs routinely got
~1100 c/s on already compressed files, and my new HSTs (50% faster) get
over 1600.