Ascend Archive
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: (ASCEND) MAX 4048 + 5.0Ap38 oddity



On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:

>     On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:
>     
>     > Yes, We know these problems. Customers often only see the absolute
>     > numbers and they complain, forgetting that the local telecom only
>     > garantees 9600 connect speed (used to be 2400). However we do see quite
>     > a lot of connects on 33600.
>     
>     9600 baud perhaps, but baud != bits per second.
> 
> When I posted this, I knew someone was going to make this remark. Note
> I didn't specify baud or bps. That's what the phone company also isn't
> always clear about.  Sometime they speak over 2400 baud, then they
> mention 9600 bps, sometime they just say 9600b. It really depends to
> whom you talk.

>From my old BBS days, 9600bps or higher V.32, V.34, HST and variants
thereof use a 2400baud carrier with multiple bits per baud.  And as you
say, it really depends on who you're talking with.


--
        
      /
  /  o     Jason Buchanan
 o         Digistar Microsystems
       /   jsb@digistar.com
      o    http://www.digistar.com/

++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++
To unsubscribe:	send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com
To get FAQ'd:	<http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>


References: