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  1. Path: giskard.demon.co.uk!dale
  2. From: dale@giskard.demon.co.uk (Dale Shuttleworth)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: 28.8 baud & telco responsibilities
  5. Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:47:29 GMT
  6. Organization: Dale's home Linux box.
  7. Message-ID: <Dou6v6.DF@giskard.demon.co.uk>
  8. References: <todamhyp-2802961822500001@bhppp31.bluehawk.com> <4h4kaf$dla@netaxs.com> <313E5A6E.74DE@mbr.centra.ca> <4hmtqt$9il@news2.cais.com> <313F76CA.384E@interramp.com> <4ii4tm$e7q@castle.nando.net> <314D2C1E.6513@accutek.com>
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  11.  
  12. Hi,
  13.  
  14. Stephen Satchell (satchell@accutek.com) wrote:
  15.  
  16. [...]
  17.  
  18. : Pacific Bell put in their original 1MB and 1FL tariffs that they would
  19. : handle "4800 baud", but quickly amended their filing to make that read
  20. : "4800 bps" when they discovered their mistake.  (Hint:  you can't get
  21. : 4800 baud [symbols/second] across a voice-grade telephone line; the 
  22. : practical limit is around 3800 baud.)
  23.  
  24. You can get 4800 baud through an ordinary phone line if you use AM.
  25. I don't really recommend it, but it is possible...
  26.  
  27.         Dale.
  28. -- 
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  30. *  Dale Shuttleworth                                                         *
  31. *  Email: dale@giskard.demon.co.uk                                           *
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