Re: connection speed when using pon

From: John Hasler (jhasler_at_debian.org)
Date: 01/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:06:39 -0600

    I wrote:
    > But they do not take into consideration the compression done by the
    > modem.

    Gene Heskett writes:
    > Oh, but it does.

    Those numbers represent the raw bit rate (not baud rate) between the
    modems. The effective data transfer rate can be much higher but depends on
    the compressibility of the data. 

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