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- From: aissande@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (George Sanderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: REVIEW: ZyXEL Elite 2864 Ultra High Speed Modem
- Date: 3 Feb 1996 09:23:32 GMT
- Organization: Groom Lake Testing Facility
- Message-ID: <4ev9ik$ghi@ngriffin.itc.gu.edu.au>
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- Keywords: hardware, modem, commercial
-
- metahawk@connectus.com (Wayne Rigby) writes:
-
- :BRIEF DESCRIPTION
-
- : The Elite 2864 is a high speed modem handling speeds of 28.8
- :kbaud with V.34/V.32bis/V.42bis and many other protocols. It also
- ~~~~~
-
- 28.8 kbaud or 14.4 kbaud (terms which are constantly used throughout the
- review), are completely incorrect. The correct terminology is kbps,
- standing for kilo-bits-per-second. Baud is related to, but not the same
- as the data rate. For example, 2400 bps modems are actually 600 baud.
-