Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!netcom!gandrews From: gandrews@netcom.COM (Greg Andrews) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: PEP vs. v.32 Summary: Gee, I'm sorry. Message-ID: <27673@netcom.COM> Date: 11 Mar 91 05:12:52 GMT References: <6957.27D86C0A@zswamp.fidonet.org> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest} Lines: 29 In article <6957.27D86C0A@zswamp.fidonet.org> root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh) writes: >Greg Andrews (gandrews@netcom.COM ) wrote: > > >First of all, the modem typically uses only about 400 > >carriers. Those > >at the top and the bottom extremes of the frequency range > >aren't often > >used because the line isn't good enough. > > I'm fully aware of how a *typical* Telebit connection works, and you are >doing nothing but distract attention from the issue, which is that Telebit has >not introduced any improvements in the carrier technology since the >introduction of V2 ROMs (and the emergence of the Telebit Trailblazer, as >opposed to the DCA IRMA FastLink... I *do* go back that far, thank you) > Gee, I'm sorry Geoffrey. I was under the impression that I was addressing an aspect of PEP where someone was displaying some misconceptions (i.e. the fastest modulation available on a carrier and the distribution of modulation types across the various carriers). I see Toby also responded to that very same point. Are you going to accuse him of attempting to distract attention from the issue of PEP improvements also? -- .-------------------------------------------. | Greg Andrews | gandrews@netcom.COM | `-------------------------------------------'