[plug] modem connect statistics

[Bret Busby]

BillK wrote:
> 
> One item I have not seen anyone bring up is the role of compression in
> the speeds at the destination (i.e., your system) - I have had some
> phenominal speeds on highly compressable files and a max of about 6kbit
> for compressed files which is about right.  For any sort of comparison,
> you need to know how your download file types fit in with the average -
> and I suspect the pattern of the average linux user on the list is
> different from the average windoze users that would make up the majority
> of connections.  Sorry Brett, with compression on, any sort of hard
> stats becomes "lies, damn lies" unless you know all the parameters!
> 
> BillK

Ah. It all gets confusinger and confusinger...

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Bret Busby

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