In article <199809182139.RAA10174@us.net>, David Stoddard <dgs@us.net> wrote:
There is more to this than meets the eye -- 28.8K is asynchronous and has start and stop bits for every byte, so there are a maximum of 2880 bytes/sec available over 28.8K. Then there is the issue
Almost every modem supports V42 error correction, which makes the modems speak a sort of synchronous with each other (actually data is transmitted in blocks with a start-of-block and end-of-block marker, and a checksum). That gets you 8 bits in a bith minus some negligeble V42 overhead. So an 28k8 modem can actually transfer almost 3.6 Kbytes/sec. Because of the block-oriented approach you do get a bit higher latency on interactive connections, which is why gamers often turn of V42. Somehow, nobody seems to know this. Mike. -- "Did I ever tell you about the illusion of free will?" -- Sheriff Lucas Buck, ultimate BOFH.