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In article <4pjs27$ksb@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>
          formesbc@boat.bt.com (Ben Formesyn) wrote:

> In article <fa211cda46@lcs.wn.bawue.de>, hubersn@lcs.wn.bawue.de says...
> >
> >In article <19960605.124615.46@xargle.demon.co.uk>
> >          thowat@xargle.demon.co.uk (Tony Howat) wrote:
> >
> >> In message <4p1r5o$huv@news.ox.ac.uk> Thomas Down wrote:
> >> 
> >> I think he's talking serial speed which is really a case of the faster the
> >> better if your machine can cope with it, especially if you are using
> >> compression. Some modems do go faster than 28800 baud (34k ish), but not
> >> with demon.
> >
> >The fastest available modem to date is the USR Courier V34+ which does
> >33600 bps. Note that it is "bps" instead of "baud". V32bis for example
> >is based on 2400 baud and transmits/receives 14400 bps. IIRC V34 uses
> >up to 3200 baud, which is really very close to the physical limit of
> >a (good) phone line.
> 
> Yes, USR V34+'s also do a 3429 rate - when using it on 'real' links I've 
> hardly ever seen it used as it requires a connection with an unusually wide 
> bandwidth.

According to a friend of mine this "unusually wide bandwidth" was usually
found on some German phonelines. Now of course he uses ISDN ;-)

So long, Steffen

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Steffen Huber           LambdaComm System - Welcome to Trollinger Country
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