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- From: geh@world.std.com (Greg E Hersh)
- Subject: Re: 28.8 baud & telco responsibilities
- Message-ID: <DnKFvs.Enq@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- References: <todamhyp-2802961822500001@bhppp31.bluehawk.com> <4h4kaf$dla@netaxs.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 01:52:40 GMT
-
- Robert Alpert (alpert@netaxs.com) wrote:
- : Brian M. Huey (todamhyp@bluehoc.com) wrote:
- : > I was wondering if anyone has written a document explaining why modem
- : > speeds of 28.8 are not sometimes guaranteed by the local telephone
-
- : In case you hadn't noticed, the telephone network was designed
- : for analog VOICE communication. This salient fact is sometimes
- : lost on .edu "doodz" and other clueless youngsters. There is no
- : guarantee that an ordinary phone line will do anything but carry your
- : voice. Anything else is gravy.
-
- : --
- : Bob Alpert
- : alpert@netaxs.com
-
- I don't agree with above message, and in fact it mostly illustrates
- illiteracy of its author. The telephone network was designed for
- analog SIGNAL, with certain bandwidth and certain noise level. It is a
- communication channel with certain characteristics. A meaning of signal
- carried over this channel is irrelevant (voice or data).
-
- A bandwidth of a voice communication channel is about 3.5 Khz. I don't
- have exact specifications on a noise level, I believe there is a value
- in db at 1000 Hz (can telco specialists provide an exact figure?). There
- is a Shannon equation which ties up a bandwidth and a noise and gives you
- a maximal theoritical limit of bits/sec for a given channel (again, I don't
- remember exact figures, somewhere in the range of 35-40 bps?)
-
- Greg Hersh
- Network Consultant
- John Hancock Insurance
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