Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!idallen From: idallen@watmath.UUCP Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Re: FASTLINK (tm) "10,000 bps or faster" modem Message-ID: <97@watmath.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 03:49:45 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.97 Posted: Thu Nov 14 03:49:45 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 08:19:34 EST References: <720@ecsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: idallen@watmath.UUCP (Ian! D. Allen) Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 Summary: FASTLINK has unacceptable character delay The recent InfoWorld review of the 10,000 bps FASTLINK modems said that a modem would transmit a single character after a full-second delay. If you're thinking of using one of these things for interactive typing, and you're depending on remote echo of characters (as in using a full-screen editor on UNIX), you'll have to wait *two* seconds for each singly-typed character to echo. Their conjecture was that the modems assemble packets, and if not enough characters fill the packet, the modem will only send the current partial packet after a time-out. With two modems between you and the remote computer, this produces a sizeable delay. The company has "no plans" to fix this. Sigh. I was so hoping these modems wouldn't have such a tragic flaw. -- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) University of Waterloo