Hello Rick!
29 Mar 97 22:51, Rick Collins wrote to Bill Cooper:
 bc>> argument is moot at best. You and the others here can state all
 bc>> sorts of technical jargon, limitations, line noise, flatulence,
 bc>> ad nauseum.... the fact still remains that I did see this speed
 bc>> from my Courier being connected to another Courier.
 RC> And I told you how it was possible:  with a zip file archive that had
 RC> lots of other files in it - because the file names in the archive are
 RC> _not_ compressed.  Therefore, you get the advanntages of V.42bis
 RC> compression, and therefore, higher than normal throughputs.
Or, PKZip was set to -e0 (zero compression) :-)))
Or, we are talking about the second phase of a Z-Modem "Crash Recovery" 
transfer :-)  Heck, I once got a zillion cps this way, with a 14.4 modem :-)
 RC> If you want to believe it was because it was early in the morning,
 RC> fine.  If you want to believe that established fact is nonsense,
 RC> fine.
What about the phase of the moon?  Would it's gravitational pull not increase 
effective throughput, especially on days like today, April 1?
 RC> Some people believe in the great pumpkin, too.
You mean, you don't?  Talking too much to the Politicians in Ottawa again, 
?
Cheers, Hans
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