USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype. HYPE!! I GET 46K
John Navas
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Dusty Rhodes <te...@texas.netNOSPAM> wrote:
>... I'm in
>Austin and consistently connect to texas.net at 50666 or 52000 and
>occasionally at 53300. I never get less than 50666.
If you are simply looking at the reported connect speeds, those numbers
won't necessarily be dependable or even comparable, since modems can
(and often do) speed shift up and down after the initial connection in a
manner dependent on the particular connection as well as the particular
equipment (including firmware versions) at each end. See my FAQ at
<http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html#Connect28800>.
Furthermore, all that really matters is net data throughput, and a
slower solid connection can often move more data per minute than a
faster but less stable connection.
>According to
>NetMedic, I am occasionally getting double these rates in throughput.
NetMedic is pretty much meaningless.
p.s. Please help stop the massive inappropriate cross-posting of this
thread!
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Best regards,
John mailto:JNa...@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
28800-56K Modem FAQ: http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
John Navas
[POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems]
"Eva Struthers" <ca...@csonline.net> wrote:
>This may not be too relevant, but I thought it was interesting.
>FCC regulations restrict power output of a service provider's
>modem, so you can't get above approx. 53k.
That depends on the encoding -- it's not a hard limit.
>I have a 33.6 and I can't ever get above 26.4, because
>my lines suck. I have a friend who says his modem is
>the exact same modem as our local ISP(a 33.6), so he gets 115k
>connections, because they handshake well, but he has
>yet to prove this, or even come close.
Not true -- because he used the wrong INF file when he installed his
modem, Win95 reports the serial port speed, NOT the modem connect speed.
John Navas
[POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems]
ryc...@pacbell.com (it's really pacbell.net....change to respond) (James)
wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:40:47 GMT, rXco...@cyberus.ca wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 09 Jun 1997 15:46:09 GMT, ryc...@pacbell.com (it's really
>>pacbell.net....change to respond) (James) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>I bet that 115K is his DTE rate, have him see what his DCE rate is.
>>>> Bill Ellett
>>>> w...@lucent.com
>>>thats exactly right....
>>>and more than likely has error correction turned off, just because it
>>>says 115k when the connection is made does not mean he is getting
>>>nearly the same rate as an ISDN line...IMPOSSIBLE!!!
>>
>>Error correction has nothing whatever to do with displaying the DTE
>>speed vice the DCE speed.
>
>so why do I get 115k with dial up networking with error correction
>off, and no more than 31.2k with it on?
You probably have the modem installed with the wrong INF file.