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From: bitar@ji.Berkeley.EDU (Philip Bitar)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: What is Max speed possible on phone lines?
Message-ID: <21566@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 19:33:54 EST
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Summary: 2 questions: baud, compatibility

In article <1641@uqcspe.OZ> miw@uqcspe.oz (Mark Williams) writes:
> ... The highest bit rate possible is purely a function of bandwidth and
>signal to noise ratio. ...

Then what is a `baud' and why should anyone ever bother referring to it?

Also, for bit rates x > 2400, how is compatibility among different
manufacturers acheived?