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From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ISDN TA's supported for BSD Unix?
Date: 4 Feb 1997 00:28:10 GMT
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In article <87wwspv6ba.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl>,
Peter Mutsaers  <plm@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>> On 3 Feb 1997 02:17:34 GMT, wjjr@bugs.alisa.org (John J. Rushford) said:
>    JJR> I was referring to the fact that the standard UART, 16550, on
>    JJR> most Intel computers will only do 115200 cps.
>
>Which is enough in most cases. Most ISP's don't offer channel
>bundeling, so the limit is 64k + compression. With compression you
>might get near 115200 bps (not cps) but not really higher, unless you
>try to send test files that are extremely compressible.

Perhaps in the Netherlands, in the USA most providers support multilink
for at least two channels, at an extra charge.

We for one will sell you as many channels as your system can support. The
technical limit of MLPPP is 30 connections...
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