> > > Hmmm, current disk price is $0.05 per meg and falling rapidly.
> > >
> > > 81 K of attachments is taking up "valuable space" worth $$0.00396 (US).
>  Thats
> > > right, 4 tenths of a cent. Significant? You decide.
> >
> > With a 14.4K modem, 71K of data will take over two minutes to transfer.
>
> 10 bits per byte, 14400 bits per second = 1440 bytes per second, 71K =
> 72704 bytes, 72704 / 1440 ... takes 50.5 seconds. Over two minutes?

In an ideal world maybe.  Don't forget overhead and line noise.

My 14,400 connection takes about 1 min 30 seconds to download 65K, do
note this is 65K after encoding form smtp transport (7 bit).  Now, for
one this is no big deal, but if it became standard practice it could get
quite annoying.


Roger

(Really need to get a 16550 based serial card so I can actually use
 my 28.8 modem.)