Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece From: preece@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Modem Users Beware: BELL 23573$ - (nf) Message-ID: <3249@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 00:01:42 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.3249 Posted: Fri Oct 21 00:01:42 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Oct-83 10:41:56 EDT Lines: 10 #R:ihuxq:-35000:uicsl:5400036:000:394 uicsl!preece Oct 14 12:19:00 1983 And the phone company ought to be able to use some sort of multiplexing techniques to overlap my "think time" with someone else's data transmission time--whether the other data comes from a digital device or a digitized voice conversation. ---------- Unfortunately, your modem doesn't have 'think time,' it's sending a carrier over the line all the time, keeping it dedicated to your use.