> >Many of our users said it 'feels' faster... *shrug* I can't compare
> it
> >anymore having gone fully PM3...
> >Sherwood
>
> I was basing the opinion of slower speeds on my personal experience..
> and i have my modem set to correctly report the carrier connect rate,
> and not the speed the port is locked at.. dialing in analog i get
> 33.6 about 90% of the time, and 31.2 the other 10.. dialing in to the
> PM3 i get 26.4 about 90% and very rarely 28.8.. the speed increase
> that you are seeing looks like it's simply v.42b compression.. my
> analog ports are set so that the user's modem determines if data
> compression is used or not, and it appears the PM3 doesn't give them
> a choice. v.42b is great for web browsing as html is highly
> compressable, however for interactive gaming.. ie quake/kali/etc its
> much better to be w/o data compression as it increases modem latency.
Ah, what modem are you using? the code in the ComOS is NOT 33.6Kbps fully
compliant... and is kind of strict... I agree it sucks for gaming heheh
damn latency...but that's why I game from the office now days... ;)
> Just what i've observed..
-- Aloha from Paradise,Sherwood