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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (6620)	3/2/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: jlib	Respond to of 14778

Sean, you are probably right about the 4 to 1 being more a theoretical limit with the v.42bis (I previously typoed v.44bis) standard. I was basing my suggestion on information in the US Robotics Courier manual which said to use that 4 to 1 ratio and a chart there that does show database files being compressed 3 to 1. Text was only slightly more than 2 to 1, though, so my original information claiming 4 to 1 on text was not correct. In any case, let's agree that users should use 115,200 (which every modern PC should handle fine) with a 56K bps modem. The difference is definitely noticeable. Thanks for the info! Jimmy Liberato