Hello there Alex ....



 AM> Hi Randall,



 AM>> Yeah, I thought I'd get replies saying that. It sounds

 AM>> like bull to me too, but when both ends report it, I believe it.

 AM>> I



 RL>> I don't!!



 AM> Well, whether you believe it or not doesn't worry me, I

 AM> trust my eyes and I trust my watch. Perhaps the compression



I'd suggest glasses and a new timepiece!



 AM> routine got confused, and the flow control was going psycho. It

 AM> was going about 3500cps most of the time, then it would belt out

 AM> about 20K really fast in short bursts every 30 seconds.

 AM>> also timed it using my watch, at 3300cps it'll do 1000000

 AM>> bytes in 4:58, it was below 4 minutes when it reached 1,000,000

 AM>> bytes, and I trust my watch. Telix also reported the same thing.

 AM>> The file was 1.6MB.



 RL>> It's impossible, Alex. It's that simple.



 AM> A 33.6K modem can pump 4000 cps, and 56.6K modems work on

       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Under sterile conditions that is possibly achievable. (Bill..Russell??)

Still a long way short of 4290 tho'.

BTW what's 56.6K modems have to do with this??



 AM> standard lines (I think), it's the terminal that slows the

 AM> transfer down. Perhaps the terminal I go through is one of the



There is a theoretical maximum that is achievable at this speed. Your

4290cps is way beyond this and is not possible.



 AM> new ones, my lines could be very good. Besides, I think that for



They'd have to be better than "very good", they'd have to be cable. :=)



 AM> the 33.6K modems they just use the same chipset as in the 28.8

 AM> and modify the BIOS.



So what's the point here??



 AM>>> end it reported 4290 cps average. What do you think?



Still incorrect.



 AM>>> This modem is a Netcomm Roadster V34, and the highest CPS rate

 AM>>> I ever got before was 3390 cps in the same situation as above.

 RL>>> ^^^^^

 AM>

 AM>> Why did you highlight the before bit? I changed nothing,

 AM>> and it was definitely a ZIP file. Why don't you try the BBS?

 AM>> It's called Stargate and it's in Melbourne, don't have the

 AM>> number on hand but it's in the VIC BBS listing.



 RL>> What for? The 4290cps is pure nonsense.



 AM> Got 3500 cps on my last upload. These files are definitely



I won't argue that!



 AM> ZIP files because I compressed them myself with the -EX switch.



I wont argue this either.



 RL>>> Even that is good for a Roadster. The 4290 is not even

 RL>>> remotely possible giving your example above.



 AM> Well, I uploads about 10% faster than it downloads usually.



 AM>> Hey, 3390 is good for any modem. In a magazine I read, the



 RL>> Magazine articles rarely generate "real time" operations

 RL>> in their tests. In the field the Roadster is an average

 RL>> performer.



 AM> So how fast does your modem go? Whether it's 8 BIT or not,

 AM> it'll still go the maximum symbol rate allowed on a standard

 AM> phone line, and it has done so.



Nowhere near 4290cps.



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