Hello there Alex ....



 AM> G'day Randall,

 AM>> What's the highest speed you have EVER got on any of your

 AM>> 28.8 or 33.6 modems? A couple of nights ago, I got 4290 cps,

 AM>> upload on a 28.8K connection. The file was compressed with

 AM>> PKZIP, using maximum compression (-EX) and the file was about

 AM>> 1.6MB big. Zmodem protocol, V.42 and V.42bis, etc. I thought

 AM>> maybe my comms program was buggering up, but when the upload

 AM>> finished from their



 RL>> It's lying! Simple.



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

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



I don't!!



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

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

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

 AM> file was 1.6MB.



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



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

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

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

 RL>> ^^^^^



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

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

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

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



What for? The 4290cps is pure nonsense.



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

 RL>> remotely possible giving your example above.



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



That is very true, hence my statement regarding the Sportster. They have

not the internal constitution of some other quality modems. 8bit can

only do so much.



 AM> Roadster kicked the ass out of all the other 28.8K modems at the

 AM> time, including the 28K Courier at the time.



Magazine articles rarely generate "real time" operations in their tests.

In the field the Roadster is an average performer.



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