Xref: utzoo news.newusers.questions:2665 comp.dcom.modems:6628 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!mcdchg!laidbak!obdient!linac!uwm.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!tidk!storm From: storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Modem Speed Message-ID: <659@texas.dk> Date: 31 Aug 90 19:13:56 GMT References: <358@saxony.pa.reuter.COM> <2447@polari.UUCP> <1664@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM> <1990Aug30.023220.8554@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Organization: Texas Instruments, Denmark Lines: 16 hes@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer) writes: >These days most modems are faster than >300 bps and handle multiple bps per baud, but still the terms are >often used interchangeably - so let me reword Webster's definition > a variable unit of data transmission speed usu. incorrectly considered > equal to one bit per second Which is illustrated perfectly by the Telebit TrailBlazer running in PEP mode which - as far as I remember - runs at just 7 baud. So here, you have a 1 baud ~ 2000 bit relation. -- Kim F. Storm No news is good news, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark but nn is better!