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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: PEP vs. v.32
Message-ID: <6993.27DC6082@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 91 09:11:00 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS - Kitchener, Ontario

Greg Andrews (gandrews@netcom.COM ) wrote:

 >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 made two errors.  One, which you pointed out, was to extrapolate details 
from some early Telebit propoganda and come to inaccurate conclusions about 
the exact numbers involved in a DAMQAM connection.

   The other, more serious, error was to put numbers in the message in the 
first place.  Rather than discuss my assertion (which I have yet to see 
countered, though I wouldn't mind being corrected on this matter) that Telebit 
have not increased their modems' raw throughput in years, the net's attention 
is focused on numerical errors.

 >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?

   There is no need to accuse anyone; the deed is done and the fault is with 
my foolishness.
 

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