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- Path: sparky!uunet!thehulk!1776!bob
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Internet connections (was: Re: Free Interne<>odem Madness)
- Message-ID: <72PRTB4w165w@1776.COM>
- From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 08:30:53 EST
- References: <1992Nov4.125212.21799@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: 1776 Enterprises, Sudbury MA
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- cooper@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (Ralph 'Hairy' Moonen) writes:
- > However, here the 9600 baud means that the speed of this connection is ap-
- > prox. 9600 bits/sec. which is way too slow to be able to transport a com-
- > plete feed.
-
- That's pretty misleading. I used to work at a site that had only a 9600-baud
- leased line to the outside world, and we carried a full feed with no problem.
- Of course if it had been a dial-up line, the line charges might have killed
- us, but we didn't care if the line was continually in use.
-
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