Russell, at 08:59 on Mar 30 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

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RB> Was it Paul who said something to the effect of..." Buying a 
RB> USR to do 33600 connects and 3900+ Cps, is not worth the $200
RB>  over the top of buying a Netcomm 28800..... It would take 
RB> years to pay off Well I have just done some tests with two 
RB> indentical Couriers linked together with a 2 metre cable 
RB> (transferring at 33600 then 28800)

RB> File 300teru.zip     1432681 bytes
RB> 33600\33600 connect  3883cps      time 6 min 10 sec
RB> 28800\28800 connect  3329cps      time 7 min 15 sec

RB> You save one full minute on a 1.4meg file.
RB> And if you are doing this on anything but a local call, then
RB> these minutes add up (specially at say, $1 per minute)
RB> Saving a dollar a minute is significant to me.
RB> 200 minutes and you have bought your courier.
RB> Even at 50c a minute, it is nothing to sneeze at.

Having a modem that doesn't take a week to configure, and causes no
heartache at all is worth at leats $200 too.

Set and forget . . . .

David
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