Re: (PM) Losing an ISDN 128k customer to GTE

Wayne M. Stenson (wstenson@inet-serv.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:27:09 -0500 (CDT)

"David Fisher writes: "

> Hi,

> I recently signup a customer to 128k ISDN, he has a 3com
> ISDN modem, not sure the exact model, he is getting about 11k/sec.

> He tried the service with GTE the other day, and he gets 16k/sec,
> GTE claims it is due to their T3 line. But he was ftping from our
> local UNIX box, which is connected to our LAN, so it doesn't go
> through our T1.

> Unless I can figure out how to get his k/sec up, I will lose him to
> GTE, since the pricing is competitive. He is connecting at 128k according
> to our records, but I am thinking that GTE, which uses Ascends, support
> a compression that my Livingston PM3's do not.

> What does everyone else get k/sec wise, those not using the STAC
> compression, which I do have installed, but I believe it only works with
> the Livingston Office Router. I am using ComOS v3.8b17.

I have a customer with 128K ISDN and a Bay CLAM on his end. He uses the
STAC compression and achieves compression ratios of 3.7-4.1:1. I have
the PM3 compression card installed and am running 3.7.2c.

Wayne

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