Re: (PM) V.42bis on 56K connection? (fwd)

cx1tech (cx1tech@cx1.com)
Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:58:25 -0700

At 10:55 AM 6/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>MegaZone <megazone@megazone.org> wrote:
>> Sorry, that's wrong. There is no such thing as a V.42 connection. The
last
>> modem connection standard is V.34. V.42 is *error correction* and V.42bis
>> is *data compression*. BOTH are still usable with the PCM modems.
>
>Thanks for the clue. Now the odd part - the user turned off the V.42bis
>compression, and he claims that his connections are great - no delays
>at all. The hard part is going to be finding out if this actually has
>any bearing on it, or is purely coincidental.

This is true of some modems, they have a hard time with compression.

Best regards,
Paul Jacobs
I.P.P. Full NT 4.0/IIS 4.0 Servers.
http://www.netpacq.com
mailto:paul@cx1.com

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