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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Direct modem line from USA to France?
Message-ID: <1988Jul27.195804.20970@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <297@amanue.UUCP> <7651@cup.portal.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 88 19:58:04 GMT

In article <7651@cup.portal.com> David@cup.portal.com writes:
>I'd recommend against using a V.22bis modem for international calls...
>... it isn't very fast ... and is very susceptible to line noise.  Look at
>V.32 modems instead.  ...10x in price... 4x the speed... less susceptible
>to noise...

Or Telebit Trailblazers, which are virtually immune to noise -- the only
effect is that the throughput drops off -- and are likewise fast.  The
UUNET folks say that Trailblazers will run 6kbaud on phone lines that are
virtually unusable for voice.  Their one wart is that they can be a bit
jerky for interactive work, although with the current firmware (4.00)
this is occasionally annoying rather than seriously troubling.

(Note that on the Trailblazer, unlike some of the V.nn modems, the drop
in throughput with poorer lines is gradual rather than going in huge jumps.)
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