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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 14:14:00
From: Paul (P.A.) Valin <pavalin@bnr.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Volume of Telecom Question 
Organization: TELECOM Digest
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 705, Message 7 of 11

In article <telecom12.689.1@eecs.nwu.edu> Dr. Ross Alan Stapleton
wrote:

> For a paper I'm writing on export controls and information, I'd like
> to present a quick summary of the growth of telecommunications over
> the past several decades.  I've seen some overview articles (there was
> a two-pager in the {Whole Earth Review} a few issues back), but could
> someone from this most august forum provide some referenced figures
> (or pointers to where I could find them) on:

>   - Growth in number of domestic calls completed (US);

>   - Growth in number of international calls (either with the US and
>     rest of the world, or total internationally, or both);

>   - Growth in bandwidth or calls completed to interesting places like
>     Moscow, or Cuba, or Iran, etc.

A couple of good references that are likely available at your local
library:

Statistics of Communications Common Carriers, FCC

 - published each year by the Federal Communincations Commission
 - will give numbers of domestic (US) calls and calls between US and
   rest-of-the-world (listed by country)
 - statistics are given for previous year (you'll have to get back
   issues to see any growth figures)

Yearbook of Common Carrier Telecommunication Statistics, ITU

 - published by International Telecommunications Union (Geneva)
 - more international in scope but less detailed than FCC book

Good luck.


Paul Valin    Tel: + 1 613 763 7394
Bell-Northern Research Ltd.   Email: pavalin@bnr.ca
P.O. Box 3511, Station C    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4H7
                    'only my opinions'
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 01:33 EDT
From: catfood@wariat.org (Mark W. Schumann)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: How do You Pronounce "#"
Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Publi Access UNI* Site
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 709, Message 10 of 12

"Octothorpe."  Digital calls it that so it must be right.  :-)


Mark W. Schumann/3111 Mapledale Avenue/Cleveland, Ohio 44109-2447 USA
Preferred: mark@whizbang.wariat.org | Alternative: catfood@wariat.org
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:28:00 GMT
From: deej@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (david.g.lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Having to Dial 0 + 700 on Calls
Organization: AT&T
X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 697, Message 6 of 13

In article <telecom12.688.11@eecs.nwu.edu> capek@watson.ibm.com
writes:

> I tried to use the AT&T Alliance Conferencing service, whose number is
> 700-456-1000.  I dialed and got a "cannot be completed as dialed"
> message.  I tried 700-555-4141 to confirm that AT&T was still my
> default carrier, and it was.  It turned out that for the Alliance
> number, one must dial 0 + 700 ... even though the 0 is not necessary
> for 700-555-4141 call.  What's going on here?

> Is the leading 0 some sort of acknowledgement by me that this is a
> chargeable call?  If I dial the 0, is it presented by my LEC to AT&T
> in a different way than if I don't dial it?  

Yes; that's the key.  0+/0- calls can be (and are, in the case of
AT&T) presented to the IXC on different trunks than are DDD calls.
Calls to an AT&T operator are routed over OSPS access trunks (OSPS =
Operator Service Position System); OSPS trunks provide different
capabilities than do FG-D access trunks.  The additional capabilities
are required to handle such things as coin traffic.

I don't know if such things as calling card, collect, and in
particular Alliance(tm) teleconferencing service specifically require
OSPS trunks.  However, these access trunks may terminate on different
switches with different capabilities than do FG-D access trunks, and
the service may only be implemented on switches with OSPS access
trunks (OSPS switches, natch).

> Also, where was the message generated? By the LEC or by AT&T?

I'm not sure; I could postulate how it could be either.

> If the latter, is there a technical reason why they couldn't easily
> have figured out what I wanted and what I was doing wrong, and told
> me, rather than forcing me to call around to find out.

If the latter, probably because there are any number of 700 numbers
that could be dialed by the user that can not be completed if dialed
1+, some of which can be completed if dialed 0+ and some of which that
can not be completed regardless of whether dialed 0+ or 1+, and given
the rapidly changing nature of the number space, the DDD network
elements may not know at any given point in time whether a given 700
number is valid, but only dialable as 0+, or invalid.  And I'm
guessing it's better to give a "cannot be completed as dialed"
announcement upfront, than to give a "must be preceded by a 0"
announcement for a 1+ dialed call, and then give a "cannot be
completed as dialed" announcement for a 0+ dialed call to the same
number.

Disclaimer: Even though my group is called "switching and ISDN
implementation", I'm just hypothesizing.  I don't know enough about
LEC routing (or, for that matter, AT&T's routing) to say categorically
one way or the other.  I just know enough to get myself into
trouble ...


David G Lewis      AT&T Bell Laboratories
david.g.lewis@att.com or !att!houxa!deej     Switching & ISDN Implementation
From: ian@airs.com (Ian Lance Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: UUCP 'G' protocol packet size
Date: 5 Sep 92 15:51:36 GMT
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems

ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan) writes:

>Also, on Pg. 321 it says that although the G protocol allows for
>data packets with different K-values (physical lengths) to be sent
>in a session, in practice both ends always use the value negotiated
>at the start of the session.

This is correct.  Note that the SVR4 'G' protocol (as opposed to the
standard 'g' protocol, which is what I believe you are discussing)
does not accept data packets of different lengths.

>With the previous paragraph in mind, I looked into the version of
>uucico that I'm using and found that the "packet size" is hardwired
>to 64 bytes.  So the question is, is there any benefit in increasing
>this to something like 4096 bytes?  Do I run the risk of making my
>uucico incompatible with other systems?

Yes, increasing the packet size can improve throughput enormously
(unless you are using Telebit spoofing, which only operates on a
packet size of 64 bytes).  Yes, you do run the risk of making your
uucico incompatible with other systems.  There are many uucico's which
will accept any packet size.  However, there are several which have an
upper limit of 128 bytes (off hand I believe this is true of some or
all versions of SunOS and Ultrix), and there may be other upper limits
less than 4096 bytes.  The best thing to do is to try it; if the other
uucico will not accept the large packets, it will crash or otherwise
drop the connection, and you will know to reduce the packet size on
your end.

Be aware that the 'g' protocol checksum is not great.  If accuracy of
data is a concern, then I think 1024 byte packets are about the
largest for which the checksum will be reliable.

Also be aware that the data packet size is NOT a negotiation.  It is
an announcement of what data packet size you would like to receive.
You should not send large data packets unless the other side requests
them.  Increasing your data packet size request will request the
remote computer to send you large data packets, which is what you want
if you receive large amounts of data, such as news, from the remote
system.  This is somewhat covered in the comp.mail.uucp FAQ.
-- 
Ian Lance Taylor                ian@airs.com                uunet!airs!ian
First person to identify this quote wins a free e-mail message:
``I would prefer my life to contain more hours of pain, if that means
  that none of this pain is still to come.''
From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 14.4 Modem Company w/ Univ. Discount?
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:52:19 GMT
Organization: CS

jamille@nyx.cs.du.edu (James Miller) writes:
>Our University (University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA), is looking to
>upgrade its dialin line and provide SLIP access, and as such are looking into
>upgrade our modems to 14.4 (v.32bis).

>  I realize that many modem manufactures offer SYSOP discounts, but do any
>offer University Discounts (or would we be elligible for SYSOP discounts)?
>Do any other Campus Computer Administrators here have any experience in this
>area?

Talk to Chris Pyrros (pyrros@cis.udel.edu) of Eagle Computer.  I got
his name in reference  to purchasing some Zyxel modems off a Univ. PO, and
he came in very low-priced, with an edu deal, great turnaround, and he's
selling good modems.

I'd definitely give him a holler...
-- 
 Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager                (406) 994-4780
 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science
 Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717	osyjm@cs.montana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: what is the best FAX program ?
From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:18:39 GMT
Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand

In article <vbvnh0+.wolfgang@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) writes:

[stuff about DOS Fax programs deleted ....]

>DosFax is rather slow in executing the commands. The interface is easy
>and intuitive, though. I am not sure that upgrading to DosFax Pro does
>much good. I prefer small simple programs without many features. You
>can fax directly from within DOS applications by printing to 'capture'
>and then pressing CNTRL SHIFT F (for faxing). Type in the name to whom
>you want to fax and if its in the phonebook, off goes the fax. Delrina
>tech support is supposed to be available, but I have given up on them.
>The lines are too busy. I dont know how good the manual is, I did not
>read it.
I have never had any problems with Delrina support. I never call them
since it would be rather expensive from this part of the world. But
they always have answered my queries promptly (24 hours) either via
their CIS forum or International Fax. All problems I have encountered
with Winfax Pro have been solved to my satisfaction.


>
>I think there is still an opportunity for a shareware fax program,
>which does everything right: intuitive, fast even on slow machines and
>working reliably.
>
Perhaps so. But the cost of the commercial ones is low enough not to
bother. Plus you can try Winfax Pro via the Test Drive to see if you
like it first.


>
>-- 
>   _________________________________________________________________________
>   Wolfgang Henke        wolfgang@henke.sf-bay.org       wolfgang@netcom.com
>

Laurence Chiu
From: Zero.One@p6.f356.n103.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: PCX 2 FAX with ZFAX?
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Aug 21 1992
Date: 09 Sep 92  10:46:20

 > Organization: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH, Hamburg
 > From: boie@prince.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (Markus Boie)
 > Message-ID: 1992Sep6.220625.1423@news.dkrz-hamburg.de
 > Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems

 > Is it possible to send PCX files with ZFAX, maybe even from the
 > commandline?

 > Any help welcome,

Markus,

You can send a PCX with out converting it.  So long as the PCX is in Black and 
White.

Tyrone Horton
(Zero One)
Tech Support
ZyXEL USA

---
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: keelings@wl.aecl.ca
Subject: Lightning Communications Gone?
Organization: AECL RESEARCH
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:42:40 GMT

  Date sent:  14-SEP-1992 13:36:01 
In a previous article, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz wrote:
>In article <1992Sep10.123526.17647@pbs.org> swinokur@pbs.org writes:
>> There is a note on Prodigy that states that as of last Friday Lightning
>> Communications has closed it's doors. Can anyone confirm this?
>> 
>> Stu Winokur
>> Public Broadcasting Service
>> Alexandria, Virginia

	That explains it... I was trying to get through to their BBS 
all weekend to thank them for the great service. < sigh... >

>It wouldn't surprise me......whenever I asked in this newsgroup what anyone
>thought of their modems, I almost never got an answer - except a guy in
>Germany who bought 6 and said they were just fine.

	They *are* fine. The manual was great. Throughput was ca. 
1960cps. Tech support was excellent!

>They looked good on price and features....but for some reason they always

	I can't think of one feature these modems don't have that 
others do. The price was *far* less than others I've seen with 
equivalent features.

>Steve

 _keelings@wl.aecl.ca wp33::keelings____AECL Research - Whiteshell Labs_
 __programmer/analyst, DTD/ESAB/SDS______Pinawa, MB., Canada   R0E 1L0__
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: BAUGHMANKR@APPSTATE.EDU (Kinney Baughman)
Subject: Script file getting 2400 connection w/9600 modem
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 15:41:17 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

The other problem I'm still having with my DallasFax 96/96 Faxmodem is when
I dial into the universities pool of Multitech 9600 modems.  Using a Kermit
script file, I only get a 2400 baud connection, even though one of the
messages after connecting says CARRIER 9600.

Strangely, if I escape back to DOS and reconnect, I have a 9600 baud connection.

Anyway I can get that 9600 baud connection from the beginning?

Thanks.

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Kinney Baughman                     Appalachian State University |
| baughmankr@appstate.bitnet                       Boone, NC 28608 |
| baughmankr@conrad.appstate.edu                     (704)963-6949 |
|                                                                  |
|             Bush/Quayle '92      "Just Say Noe"                  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+


Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:13201 biz.comp.telebit:911
From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,biz.comp.telebit
Subject: Worldblazer loses session stats & modem drops
Date: 10 Sep 92 14:18:25 GMT
Reply-To: km@mathcs.emory.edu
Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS

I've been trying to track down a problem involving frequent modem drops
between two WB's. These are V32BIS/V42BIS sessions. There really isn't
very much info to get from the modem to find out what caused the
drop, except for the S74 sessions stats. S74 should at least tell you
whether the line conditions were bad enough for retransmits.

However, even that meager info doesn't exist half the time. Although I
don't see this in the doc, experimentally I find that if the remote
modem causes the drop, S74 is cleared. If the local modem causes the drop
S74 is preserved until the next connection is made.

Does anyone know why S74 is getting cleared, or how to prevent it.
Is there any other diagnostic info I can get after the session drop
from the local side that would be helpful in tracking the problem.

I suspect that there is some undoucmented command for retreiving some
finer diagnostic info that Telebit is not telling us about. There was
on the TB+ (ATJ6J0).

Incidentally, both sides run with S10=30, which should be high enough
that line noise doesn't look like a short carrier loss and cause the
drop. 

---
Ken Mandelberg      | km@mathcs.emory.edu          PREFERRED
Emory University    | {rutgers,gatech}!emory!km    UUCP 
Dept of Math and CS | km@emory.bitnet              NON-DOMAIN BITNET  
Atlanta, GA 30322   | Phone: Voice (404) 727-7963, FAX 727-5611

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: agnus@amylnd.stgt.sub.org (Matthias Zepf)
Subject: Re: Cheap Supra's in Germany 
Reply-To: agnus@amylnd.stgt.sub.org (Matthias Zepf)
Organization: Agnus' new home, Leonberg/Warmbronn, Germany
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 10:48:20 GMT

In article <716242479snx@pizzabox.demon.co.uk> gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk  
(Graham Toal) writes:
> Germany is much better in that
> their advertised prices seem to always include MWS - I don't know if
> this is by law, but any time I've phoned Germany for prices, Tax has
> been included.

It is by law. German dealers must not present prices without
the MwSt. (Mehrwertsteuer) to end-customers (= non-dealers).

Matthias
-- 
** Matthias Zepf, Riegelaeckerstrasse 27, 7250 Leonberg, Germany **
** +49 7152 41917    Email: agnus@amylnd.stgt.sub.org (NeXTmail) **
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax
From: tedyoung@panix.com (Ted M. Young)
Subject: Re: Help: questions re Zyxel FAX and software
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:15:10 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

stevef@bony1.bony.com (Steve Faiwiszewski) writes:
>
>I'm having difficulty using my Zyxel U-1496E and the supplied ZFAX
>software.  Couple of problems:
>
>1) It seems I can receive only a page or two, and then the connection
>   fails (the sending FAX signals an error at this point).

I have this kind of trouble also, depending on the fax machine I'm
sending to.

>Has anyone successfully used the ZFAX software?  Did you experience
>the above problems?

Sort of.  I gave up on it and tried WinFax Pro 2.0 for Windows.  Hated
it and returned it to Egghead.  It's got a horrible user interface,
was not reliable, and had very few features.  I then got Eclipse Fax
and love it!  It allows you to keep lots of info in the phonebooks,
mark up pages, view thumbnails of all of the pages, rotate (quickly!),
rearrange pages and then send them out.  Just like WinFax Pro, you can
"print" to it using any Windows program.

Alas, I've had problems sending/receiving faxes using it and the ZyXEL.
I can't get it to work at all with my 4.09c ROMs, but only with my
4.05 ROMs.  I haven't had the time to contact tech support, but it's
kind of annoying since there's no way to know how many faxes I'm _not_
getting because of the problems.

-- 
Ted M. Young           | Buster: "Gee sir, you must displace a great
tedyoung@panix.com  or | Bunny         deal of water when submerged!"
cmcl2!panix!tedyoung   | *** Welcome to the Dizzy Devil Charm School! ***
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)
Subject: Supra ROM upgrade woes
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 11:26:15 GMT

Good day,

I am a bit in the dark as to when and if ROM updates will make it to this
part of the world. The Supra BBS has been shut down, and the last thing
the Sysop said to me before that was "in two weeks". Well, I heard that
when I ordered my modem, and it took about 3.5 months. I am beginning to
get fed-up with being thrown off-line by my LAP-M.

So, is there a newer ROM-version than 1.2C? If so, would it be possible
to make it available via FTP or similar? I really don't want to wait
until Supra FRG decides to let us have the ROM updates, too.

Sorry if this was a FAQ

Soenke

-- 
===========================================================================
More than silver, more than gold, I need   !    behrenss@informatik.
electricity. I need it for my dreams.      !    tu-muenchen.de
(RACTER)                                   !  FIDO: 2:246/13 Soenke Behrens
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Hangup problems?
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 06:24:38 GMT
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

swartz@fraser.sfu.ca (Norman Swartz) writes:
: should I use and what light's being on would indicate that the
: modem has not disconnected properly?  And if the modem has not
: disconnected properly, how do I force it to?

Norman, how about taking the internal 2400 modem out and connecting your
external Scout+ and see if the problem persists? The LEDs on the
external might help to track down the problem.




-- 
   _________________________________________________________________________
   Wolfgang Henke        wolfgang@henke.sf-bay.org       wolfgang@netcom.com

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: 14.4 Modem Company w/ Univ. Discount?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:03:07 GMT

jamille@nyx.cs.du.edu (James Miller) writes:
>Our University (University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA), is looking to
>upgrade its dialin line and provide SLIP access, and as such are looking into
>upgrade our modems to 14.4 (v.32bis).

>  I realize that many modem manufactures offer SYSOP discounts, but do any
>offer University Discounts (or would we be elligible for SYSOP discounts)?
>Do any other Campus Computer Administrators here have any experience in this
>area?
*----
Don't they all?  Certainly NEC does, and I suspect that all the major
modem manufacturers do.  The newcomers and toy modem manufacturers may
not.  Chances are that GSA pricing, which is typically also granted to
legitimate educational institutions, will be lower than the sysop deals
anyway (legally, it can't be any higher).

Incidentally, NEC has a beautiful new v.32bis modem with uucp spoofing.
And the list price is a paltry $ 995 (or $ 1295 with infrared remote).
They have rack options, and their modems are very reliable.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
From: mo@sdf.lonestar.org (Mohit Goyal)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ?'s about Class 1 & Class 2 fax
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:59:04 GMT
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access

Hello Sir.

You mentioned a "Class 1A" which is going to come real soon.

Will Class 1A continue to develop if Class 2 passes the vote?

If so, what are the differences between Class 2 and Class 1A?

Thank you very much.
From: Hendrik_Schoettle@sl.maus.de (Hendrik Schoettle)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Questions to NVRAM
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 19:26:00 GMT
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

Hi All

I've got two questions concerning the NVRAM of my 9624F.
At first, I would like to know, if I am able to reset user-profiles without
rebooting. In the manual is said, with the commands "&y" and "&Y1" I can reset
the profile after rebooting. So, is it possible to avoid the reboot ?

My second question considers the stored telephone numbers.
When I see my configuration (by typing "AT&V"), I see the following lines at
the end:


TEEPHONE NUMBERS:
&Z0= [stored number]
&Z1= [see above]
&Z2= [...]

In my manual is said, that I can only dial one number, by typing "ATDS".
When I tried it, I found out, that it's the first number, which's dialed.
But I can define the second and the third number, too. And these numbers are
also shown. Is this just for fun or what ?

Who can help me ???

Und...Tschuess,
Hendrik
From: nolan@tssi.com (Michael Nolan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: WorldBlazer still locks up with LA5.01 ROMs
Keywords: DTR, Worldblazer lockup
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:33:53 GMT
Reply-To: nolan@tssi.com
Organization: Tailored Software Services, Inc.

hoyt@isus.UUCP (Hoyt A. Stearns jr.) writes:

>>nolan@tssi.com (Michael Nolan) writes:
>>
>>>The WorldBlazer modem apparently still locks up occasionally with the new 
>>>LA5.01 ROM chips in it, because one of mine did so last night.  When this

>Mine is still locking up too, with LA5.01. Once it stayed off-hook for >
>than the inactivity timer (would have been forever if I didn't turn it off),
>and twice it wouldn't answer.

After making a change to &R3 as suggested by TB Tech Support and reported 
up-topic, I have only locked up once in the past two weeks.
---
Michael Nolan, nolan@tssi.com      "Freedom of the press is still alive in    
Tailored Software Services, Inc.    America, at the U. S. Mint"  (Gallagher)   
Lincoln, Nebraska (402) 423-1490  
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems