penguin@gnh-igloo.cts.com (Mark Steiger) (10/01/90)
I am looking at getting a US Robotics HST modem and I had heard that
the bandwiths that sprint allows for its calls sometimes block out
9600 baud calls so that it falls back to a lower baud. Is this true,
or just rumor?
Thanks,
Mark
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[Moderator's Note: When we were on this thread some time ago, there
were numerous comments and questions about Sprint's ability to handle
data at very high speeds. John Higdon was one of the main contributors
to that thread. Perhaps on seeing this he will write you and briefly
share his experiences. PAT]john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) (10/02/90)
penguin@gnh-igloo.cts.com (Mark Steiger) writes: > I am looking at getting a US Robotics HST modem and I had heard that > the bandwiths that sprint allows for its calls sometimes block out > 9600 baud calls so that it falls back to a lower baud. Is this true, > or just rumor? I send all of my night Southern California uucp traffic over Sprint using Telebit modems. There began to be major throughput problems and even conversation failures. Many calls to Sprint finally netted a response that the company was now using CCITT-compliant echo suppression and that they were aware that certain Telebit firmware releases did not adequately cause the echo suppressors to drop off. After reading my many postings on the topic, Telebit contacted me and offered to upgrade my modems. They sent new firmware and since then there has been no more trouble of any kind on Sprint. To my knowledge, the HST modems never had any problems; this was strictly a Telebit Trailblazer+ phenomenon. In no case is this a bandwidth problem, or even a "slippage" problem. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !