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Re: 56 kbps modems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (craigw@dg.ce.com.au)
Tue Sep 17 02:46:33 1996

From: craigw@dg.ce.com.au
To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:30:12 +0000
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)


> Also note there's no mention of the hype-writer's old friend,
> compression.

But than if ypou are doing the compressed rate 56k is not that high. 
There are 28.8k modems that (in theory) do 336k including 
compression, so 56k would be redundant. Most current modems specify 
they will compress to 115k, whether they ever get close to this is 
unlikely

Craig

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