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From: jparnas@larouch.uucp (Jacob Parnas)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: LASER modems
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.223044.6588@larouch.uucp>
Date: 22 Feb 91 22:30:44 GMT
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In article <1239@bbx.basis.com>, russ@bbx.basis.com (Russ Kepler) writes:
|> ...
|> I am looking at connecting two sites that are in line of sight.  I'd
|> like to get a nice high speed connection, and it occurs to me that a
|> modem pair using IR lasers as the tranfser would handle the problem
|> nicely.  Anyone have any recommendations?  Any ideas where to start
|> looking?
|> ...

How about using a 56kbit digital link?  You could either get a dedicated
line .  The prices of these services have dropped dramatically recently.
Last I checked, in the NY area, the price was $70 per month on both sides
plus $5 per mile between the sites as the crow flies per month.  I think
the services is called DDS 2.

Another alternative is to get a couple V.32 bis modems.  They go at
a minimum of 1600 chars/sec and get over 3000 chars/sec sending 
compressible data.  

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