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From: peter@athena.mit.edu (Peter J Desnoyers)
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Subject: Re: Direct modem line from USA to France?
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Date: 27 Jul 88 14:49:10 GMT
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You might want to invest in a pair of good V.32 modems - any decent
manufacturer should have them approved by European PTT's, and they are
very resistant to errors. (The modulation scheme uses forward error
correction) The problem is the price - $1500 to $4000. Real 9600bps is
a plus, although I wouldn't pay for it out of my own pocket.

In my biased opinion (I co-oped at Codex) the Codex V.32 is probably
the best, but perhaps not worth the money. I'm sure it's approved in
France. The UDS box performs almost as well, and was going for $1500 a
while ago. I don't know if it is approved in France.

				Peter Desnoyers