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From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Getty for ISC/Telebit T-2500 w/autobaud via the CONNECT msg?
Message-ID: <248.2862CB89@zswamp.uucp>
Date: 21 Jun 91 23:44:26 GMT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario
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In a letter to All, Rob Healey (rhealey@digir4.digibd.com ) wrote:

 >In article <1991Jun15.154304.25987@uunet.uu.net> 
 >karln!karln@uunet.uu.net (Karl Nicholas) writes:
>I've seen 9600 baud modems for $179 US. At that, every one
>should have one .. (excepting of course students :-)
>
 >        Just a point of clearification:

 >        Those $179.00 modems are REALLY 2400 baud modems 
 >        with V.42bis which can, if the wind is blowing in
 >        the right direction and you have a file of 0's,
 >        get you 9600 baud THROUGHPUT but not 9600 baud.

 ... unless you're talking about the CompuCom SpeedModem, which really is a 
9600 bps modem... which isn't 9600 bps compatible with anything but other 
CompuCom SpeedModems.  Fortunately (for those who bought one), there is a 
growing pool of support for these things.

 >        Personally, I think tose companys who advertise this 
 >        should be hauled in for false advertising.

   You mean those who advertise 2400 bps modems with data compression as "9600 
bps" modems; I agree.  Most, however, advertise "throughput UP TO 9600 bps" 
(emphasis mine), which is legally acceptable.
 

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