From: alanlb@bethesda.cs.vt.edu (Alan L. Batongbacal)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: SUMMARY: Best modem for UUCP
Date: 7 Sep 92 14:44:53 GMT

Last week I posed the following question to the net: what's the best
available modem for UUCP bulk transfers in the $700-$800 range?
I would like to thank the ff people for responding: Jeff Wasilko,
Larry Snyder, John Temples, Paul Walker, Dean Roth, Jerry Wallace,
Jim Prescott and Rene Madsen.

Here are their replies:

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the tb3000 doesn't do PEP, so I'd look at the worldblazer (which is
the 3000 + superpep).

Most unix people doing UUCP use telebit modems in UUCP spoofing mode....

Jeff

--
Jeff's Oasis at Home.                   Jeff can also be reached at work at:
							jwasilko@airage.com
"A system admin's life is a sorry one.  The only advantage he has over
Emergency Room doctors is that malpractice suits are rare.  On the other
hand, ER doctors never have to deal with patients installing new versions
of their own innards!"  -Michael O'Brien

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The WB is the obvious selection if you need PEP support, but
if you don't care about PEP support, I would strongly suggest
another v.32bis modem with better latency and throughput.

--
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry

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The Telebit WorldBlazer.  You'll get around 2KB/sec on uucp transfers
of compressed data with TurboPEP, assuming the computers on both end
can keep up with the modems.  You should be able to get one for around
$700.
--
John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP  (jwt!john@peora.sdc.ccur.com)

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I believe that the Worldblazer would be a better choice than the T3000.
The WB capabilities are a superset of the T3000, and the WB supports
'TurboPep', which can move data faster than v.32bis if the following
conditions apply:

	The other end of the line has a modem that supports TurboPep.
	The modems have negotiated g protocol 'spoofing'.

The TurboPep (and Pep) modulations are half duplex, so they perform poorly
without the spoofing.  It is my understanding that TurboPep (and Pep) degrade
much more gracefully than v.32bis (i.e. on a noisy line).

I have a WB, and I'm happy with it.  Its not perfect, but it does the job.
--
Paul Walker  (619) 484-4049
    UUCP:      ...!{ryptyde, crash}!pentode!paul
    Internet:  paul@pentode@crash.cts.com

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I've been in the same situation for a while, and everyone points
me to the TB WorldBlazer.

-Rene
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Rene Madsen
Unix Systems Support/Dev.
madsere@okys.infoserv.com

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It depends on what the other side of the connection has.

A Telebit Worldblazer is the fastest - provided the other side has
one, too. It also has V.32bis and V.32, making it compatible
with most modems.

V.32bis works fine, too. But if the other side only has Telebit PEP
modems, then you need PEP and in that case I recommend the Worldblazer.
For V.32bis, try Intel. Practical Peripheral and Supra are cheaper,
but have some firmware bugs to clean up yet.

Dean

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I have two Telebit WOrldBlazers and have measured approximate rates of
1600cps for v.32bis and 1800+cps for TurboPEP.  If you are looking for
the absolute fastest uucp modem, the WorldBlazer is the way to go.  I
was looking thru the Open Systems Today I just received and saw UUNet
is selling them for under US$800.

BTW, Telebit has anounced FAX capability at some point.
--
Jerry Wallace                    TechNIX, Inc.
Electronic: jfw@technix.mn.org   103 Healy Building
  Acoustic: Installing           2301 Como Avenue
   Ballistic: Hah!                 Saint Paul, MN  55108

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The best would be a Telebit WorldBlazer since it can run v.42bis over
Turbo-PEP.  Probable transfer rates of about 2000cps before any compression
that v.42bis can do.  It may also be slighty on the high side of your
price range (list ~$1000, dunno about retail price).

A T3000 is just a very expensive v.32bis/v.42bis modem.  There are several
similar modems in the just under $300 range.  Figure around 1400cps before
compression.
--
Jim Prescott    jgp@moscom.com          {rit,tropix,ur-valhalla}!moscom!jgp