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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:14:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        rjhjr@cox.net (Bob Hall)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: user-ppp faster then pppd ?
Message-ID:  <200309121414.h8CEEL7n027069@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030912050321.GA544@kongemord.krig.net> from "Bob Hall" at Sep 12, 2003 01:03:22 AM

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> On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:37:59AM +0200, humbaba@gmx.net wrote:
> > >The difference is too small to be meaningful.
> > 
> > when you have 56k modem and ~4.5KB throughput 0.5KB can make a big 
> > difference
> 
> I wonder if we're thinking of the same numbers. I've seen 56k modems 
> run at 14,000 bps on bad lines, but not often. 4,500 bps is pretty 
> slow.

I was guessing he was mixing bits and bytes and means ~4.5 Kbytes/second
which is pretty good on a 56k line.   But, I could be guessing wrong.

////jerry



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