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From: john@zygot.UUCP (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Where is modem progress?
Summary: don't hold your breath
Message-ID: <986@zygot.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 89 09:45:22 GMT
References: <78700004@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: ATI Wares Team
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In article <78700004@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> My question is, when will faster modems replace the 2400-baud
> standard?  It's been a couple of YEARS and the progress does not seem
> great.  I expected that by now, 4800 baud modems would be standard.

With 9600+ bps technology now readily available, it would seem unlikely
that anyone would be putting much effort into developing 4800 bps
standards. The gap between 2400 and 9600+ bps is very wide and the
differences in technology is very great, but I would expect to see the
price of 9600+ units come down rather than "cheap" modems get faster.
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