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- From: colinm@max.carleton.ca (Colin McFadyen)
- Subject: Re: Freenet & Datapac
- Message-ID: <colinm.727993956@cunews>
- Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
- Organization: Carleton University
- References: <1993Jan19.225130.24657@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> <1993Jan20.152739.2326@cunews.carleton.ca> <jam.5043@jammys.ocunix.on.ca> <1993Jan23.181327.18748@cunews.carleton.ca> <colinm.727837252@cunews> <jam.5203@jammys.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:32:36 GMT
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- In <jam.5203@jammys.ocunix.on.ca> jam@jammys.ocunix.on.ca (James McOrmond) writes:
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- >> The donated Gandalf modems are very simple modems that don't do
- >>data compression or error correction.
-
- >And they completely fail to connect if your modem attempts to do
- >compression. This isn't true when I call from my Supra24 to/from my
- >ZyXEL16.8.
-
- As stated many times before, the 2400 bps modems here at CU don't do
- any type of compression or error correction. That's why it has to
- be disabled on the originating modem. Part of the user education
- of connecting to FreeNet will have to include telling the user not
- to use compression as well as 2400 8,N,1. I know you think that
- this is a big deal and that users won't understand, but give them
- some credit, it's really not that difficult.
-
- >> As for Freenet being killed by these modems, tell that to the 3300+
- >>people that connected last week!!
-
- >Ya, but your forgetting to mention the (at least) 20000+ failed connects.
- >I got 5 bad connects myself before I switched modems to connect.
-
- Ya, right!!
-
- >--
- > James A McOrmond - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA! - ZyXEL 16.8k V32bis Modem!
- > Fidonet#1:163/165.0 - (613)521-0648 - VBBS Amiga Intuitionized BBS
- > UUCP: Jam@Jammys.OCUnix.On.Ca - Amiga 3000T/25/5 - 383Megs
- > Email costs - please don't send any UUEncoded files!
- --
- Colin McFadyen -- Carleton U. Computing and Communications Services
- Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1S 5B6
- colinm@ccs.carleton.ca
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