On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Hume Smith wrote:

> From: Hume Smith <hclsmith@ra.isisnet.com>
> 
> > ...a 56k leased line will be MUCH quicker than two bonded
> > 28.8k analog modem lines..
> 
> why so?  less protocol overhead?  fewer glitches and retries?

Much lower latency. On ISDN, at least, it takes about 40 ms for a
packet to get to the other end and back again. The round trip time
on a 28.8K modem link is typically 130-160 ms on a good day.

As an ISP, I generally find I can run about 20-25 modem dial-up
users over one DS0 (64K link).

cjs

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