At 18:50 3/20/99 -0100, you wrote:
>This sounds cool! I haven't tried to make it work for me yet (I saw the
>reply to this where the procedure is explained), but my first question is:
>How do you know if your isp supports it?
Ask in your isp's news forum. That's probably the best way to get an answer
and to get some help comfiguring your system. Ypu can always email your isp
for information.
> Can you use compression as an
>option? (i.e. runtime detection so it only gets used if the other peer
>supports it?)
Afaik compression is negotiated when you connect to your isp.
> What are the benefits - how good is the compression? And
>above all, if you have to ask your ISP, how do you phrase the question?
>(what kind of compression would I be referring to?)
As opposed to analog modems (V90 and so) isdn compression is done by
software instead of hardware in the modem. Compression rates can be up to
3-4 times, with html and so. When downloading zip files, you offcourse
won't see any speed increase. Common compression protocol name is Stac.
Grtz Gerben.
