Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:53:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis) Cc: kline@tera.com, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support for 16650 Message-ID: <199609260353.UAA18435@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <199609260109.WAA26135@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br> from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis at "Sep 25, 96 10:09:09 pm"
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According to Joao Carlos Mendes Luis: > #define quoting(Gary Kline) > // I have heard rumblings--at least 3rd- or 4th-hand-- > // that within a year the POTS modems will be screaming along > // at 57Kbps or something. Anybody else hear these rumors? > > If Nyquist's Theorem is wrong... :) > > But, who knows. This same theorem says 28.8Kbps is also impossible, > with a digital signaling rate of 56Khz... > > Maybe it's possible between local phones, in the same trunk, where there's > no digital path along. > I remember being happy at 300baud between the co-op and the campus.... I'm guessing that 38.4 is likely. 56Kpbs would be like having an ISDN line. Interesting times, huh? gary >
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