[comp.dcom.modems] How much is MNP worth?

beh@bu-pub.bu.edu (Bruce E. Howells) (11/11/89)

(no laughs, please...)

I'm running an Apple //c with RS-232 to 19.2kbaud as a vt100 emulator
talking to a few machines at Boston University, making phone rates and
efficiency a very big issue.  I've been running a 1200 baud modem, and
it's DEFINITELY time for a 2400 (nothing faster that I know of is feasible
at the time.)

BU has a clump of 2400 baud dialup lines that support MNP-5.

My basic question is this:  I can get a cheap 2400 for $99.99, or a
Practical Peripherals PM2400Sa with MNP-5 for $239.  What sort of
performance/throughput increase can I expect from the MNP-5 setup?  Enough
to justify the price difference?

Mail responses, I'll summarize.  (Only fair, isn't it?)

If this has been discussed recently, my apologies; I've been away for a
while.


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