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echo: aust_modem
to: Hamish Moffatt
from: Bill Grimsley
date: 1997-03-26 06:46:40
subject: Australian USR Courier x2 upgrades

Hamish, at 11:58 on Mar 23 1997, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

>> Speed                  46666/24000
>> Speed                  48000/24000

HM>> So much for 56k.

> Dunno, look at the Tx link rate.  The bandwidth is such that V.34 could
> only handle a 24k connect, yet x2 still went through at 48k.  In my book,
> that's a pretty impressive result on what is obviously a less than perfect
> line.

HM> But you've seen 28800/24000 (or higher) connects, surely? 
HM> The link does not have to be impaired equally in both 
HM> directions, as any split-rate connection shows. So no reason 
HM> why 24k RX should drag down the TX speed.

Missing the point completely Hamish, quite aside from which you have the
Tx/Rx speeds arse-about.  On USR diagnostics, the Rx speed is always
displayed first (and an x2 client modem cannot possibly transmit data at x2
speeds anyway).

Regards, Bill

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