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From: lindahl@waltz.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 2400 bps modems, threat or menace?
Message-ID: <34100002@waltz.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 23:29:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 23:29:00 1985
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Nf-From: waltz!lindahl    Jan 28 22:29:00 1985

>Does anyone have any hard facts (studies or whatever) about increased
>productivity using 2400 vs. 1200?  I vaguely feel that, at the current
>prices, 2400 is worth buying new modems, but I'm not convinced enough to
>convince my boss, who signs the checks, and doesn't want to.

I don't have any hard facts; however, I DO know that it would be 
EXTREMELY difficult to go back to 1200. 2400 is just over the subjective
threshold of "fast"; from home, I feel that full-screen editing is close
to the speed I get at work. 

Please post any objective studies you may find. 

Thanx
Charlie Lindahl
Texas Instruments (CRL/CSL)


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