kanya@ckgp.UUCP (Jim Kanya) (06/08/91)
I apologize in advance since this is probably a topic that has been raised before but... I expect to have a PC in Michigan and a PC in Australia that need to transfer CAD drawings back and forth. CAD drawings can get large (256,000 to 2,560,000 bytes) and I don't know how many drawings would be transferred per night but was told it would be nightly. After they find out the price, I expect they will back off the nightly request. Now that you know everything I know, what is the best course? I was thinking about two Telebit T2500 modems over a straight phone line. If I go that route what kind of throughput can I expect? Are there any known problems transferring to/from Australia? ---- Thanks, Jim Kanya CKGP & Assoc. Inc. (313) 642-7970 ...uunet!ckgp!kanya
jsanchez@polari.UUCP (jim sanchez) (06/09/91)
I would seriously consider Federal Express as an alternative. I think you will find that the bandwith/$ is better than phone lines if you have enought data to send. We did this calculation once a few years ago and were surprised with the result. Cheers Jim -- Jim Sanchez jim@hls.com Hughes LAN Systems - Bellevue, WA (206)646-4999
randy@m2xenix.psg.com (Randy Bush) (06/11/91)
> I would seriously consider Federal Express as an alternative.
Most definitely. Or DHL, or ...
But I would also consider the cost/benefit of immediacy. We DHL a tape a week,
and modem a coupla megabytes a day.
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randy@psg.com ..!uunet!m2xenix!randylarry@zztop.rn.com (Larry Snyder) (06/11/91)
randy@m2xenix.psg.com (Randy Bush) writes: >But I would also consider the cost/benefit of immediacy. We DHL a tape a week, >and modem a coupla megabytes a day. that is a cost-effective way to transfer stuff - we were shipping a backbone feed via tape 3 days a week - and it got to be a pain making the tape -- -- Larry Snyder larry@zztop.rn.com
scw@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (06/15/91)
In article <4399@polari.UUCP> jsanchez@polari.UUCP (jim sanchez) writes: }I would seriously consider Federal Express as an alternative. I think }you will find that the bandwith/$ is better than phone lines if you }have enought data to send. We did this calculation once a few years }ago and were surprised with the result. Back in the early days of the arpanet this was mentioned several times: Don't underestimate the bandwidth of a station-wagon load of magtapes. ----- Stephen C. Woods; UCLA SEASNET; 2567 BH;LA CA 90024; (213)-825-8614 UUCP: ...{ibmsupt,ncar!cepu}!ollie}!scw Internet:scw@SEAS.UCLA.EDU