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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: poor uucp performance - help! (LONG)
Summary: compression enabled in modems
Message-ID: <511206@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 90 11:34:52 GMT
References: <125@cdss.UUCP> <1990Feb17.063412.18455@rancho.uucp> <959@codonics.COM>
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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In article <959@codonics.COM>, bret@codonics.COM (Bret Orsburn) writes:
> 
> Surely, compression will be less effective the second time, but is there
> any good reason to disable it? Do you have any data to demonstrate that
> throughput is *decreased* by enabling compression for a compressed newsfeed?
> 

In many cases enabling compression in the modem will actually increase
the about of time to transfer the file - ie: with compressed and or
archived data.


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