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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: modems
Message-ID: <9304@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 7 Jan 89 01:58:20 GMT
References: <8901051809.aa26436@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8901051809.aa26436@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> L77@TAUNOS.BITNET (Yoram Ney) writes:
>I was almost tempted several times to upgrade to a 2400 modem,
>but no demonstration yet had convinced me the xtra speed is worth
>the loss of line clarity.

Unless you have a particularly bad local loop, you shouldn't have
noticeable line noise problems with any modern 2400 bps modem.
If you dial long-distance for file transfers, then 2400 bps is
the MINIMUM speed I would recommend (9600 bps is worth using if
you do this a lot).