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From: stasica@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Creeping Death)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Inexpensive 9600 baud modems
Keywords: 9600, V.32, V.42, bis
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Date: 16 Nov 90 18:42:42 GMT
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In article <1990Nov15.151916.16830@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>In article <11481@j.cc.purdue.edu> zhou@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Albert Zhou) writes:
>>Just ask a stupid question: Is it allowed to use 9600 baud on regular telephone
>>line?
>
>Yes, but if you have problems with line quality, the phone company is liable
>to laugh at you when you tell them you are trying to get 9600 baud on 
>a standard line. 

What's wrong with 9600 on a standard phone line?  I run an HST Dual Standard
at 14.4k and have never had problems with phone lines.  In fact, I have heard
that a couple companies have got 57.4k modems to work on a phone line (well,
maybe a fiber optic line...but many phone lines are nowdays).


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