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echo: aust_modem
to: Randall Lane
from: Bill Grimsley
date: 1996-07-14 07:50:24
subject: Re: CPS Rates

Randall, at 13:23 on Jul 13 1996, you wrote to Con Aidonidis...

RL> You obviously failed in mathematics as well as tact. 33.6 transfers,
RL> over 28.8 transfers, are greater than your purported 11.1%. Now, lets
RL> really work on some "real world" figures of 3850cps for a
33.6 against
RL> 3250cps for a 28.8 modem. (Using zipped files with error correction)

They're very conservative figures too, Randall.  From yesterday's logs...

+ 13 Jul 18:24:48 BINK CPS: 3926 (1541045 bytes)  Efficiency: 116%
+ 13 Jul 18:24:48 BINK Received-Z/32 \Bbs\Inbound\mvpbkg11.zip
+ 13 Jul 18:25:58 BINK CPS: 3925 (266768 bytes)  Efficiency: 116%
+ 13 Jul 18:25:58 BINK Received-Z/32 \Bbs\Inbound\bgfax160.zip

That was a 33600/31200 connect to Dave's Courier, BTW.

Regards, Bill
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