-> Assumption 3 remains as the only questionable assumption.  Given (1)
-> and (2), and the fact that you observed "4400 cps" throughput,
-> assumption 3 cannot be correct.  Ergo, the files were not fully
-> compressed, and some modem-based compression was in effect.
Rick,
     regardless of the limitations of a 33.6k connect... all of the
techie stuff you've listed... your entire post... I did see this speed
and it was confirmed by the sysop of that BBS.  I couldn't care less
about the details of whether it was a loosely packed zip file, or,
whether some other form of compression was involved.
All that my post stated was that I saw this speed and had it comfirmed.
Nothing was irrational about it.  Why do you have such a problem with
this?
TTFN,
Bill Cooper
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