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From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell)
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Subject: Re: what makes a fax mach
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Date: 22 Dec 90 04:27:43 GMT
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>bradley.grigor@canremote.uucp      Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

>AS>If the telephone company does, indeed, endow every line with
>AS>bandwidth enough to support 9.6kb, then does it mean we can just
>AS>plug in a 9.6kb modem into a vanilla telephone line and start
>AS>using a terminal??

>In a word, YES!

Ummm, with reservations, perhaps. Aren't fax modems (nearly)
half-duplex? That is, they transmit at full 9600 bps in one
direction, but only receive low-bandwidth data in return.
Basically like the old Bell 202 modems, back when 1200 bps was
pushing the envelope.

Dave      dbell@cup.portal.com