Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 20:29:46 +0300 From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC kernel & some basic UNIX pointers Message-ID: <199506131729.UAA00370@silver.sms.fi> In-Reply-To: <9506131616.AA01956@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> References: <199506130729.CAA03409@mpp.com> <322.803036830@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> <9506131616.AA01956@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman writes: > <<On Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:47:10 +0100, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org> said: > > > predictor-1 compression is so far superior to what's provided by > > pppd that I can't see any reason to use anything else now. > > Unless you actually care about latency or jitter, which some users > definitely will. > > -GAWollman > Actually, packet-by-packet compression that predictor-1 does improve both your latency and lessen your jitter, specially when compared to letting the modem mess with your data (which it does not understand a bit about). The latency is usually about halved (with regular HTTP or telnet data) and jitter is minimized, specially on low-speed links. Pete
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