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Date:      Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:07:58 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: odd question about data transfer/PPP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960214020603.25962B-100000@sasami>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960212082838.18565A-100000@aries>

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On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Steve Prentice wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Doug White wrote:
> > > 	I'm just curious, but on a per day basis, how many Meg should
> > > I be able to expect to transfer through a 14.4 modem using PPP?  Considering
> > > a continuous flow, we figure that probably about 4Meg/hr or 96Meg/day...
> > I would say less, more 2 or 3 MB/hr.  
> I would guess higher.  An average cps rate for a 14.4 is around 1,500.  And 
> a lot of the times, you'll get 1,600cps.  This would add up to a little over 
> 5mb an hour.

Nod.  A long time to transfer lots of stuff.  :)

(FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 + XFree @ 9600 bps.  That weeked was 15 minutes of 
typing separated by sevaral sleeping periods...)



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