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In article <3jhupb$4ah@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
   peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) wrote:
>In article <3j8hkb$39@access1.digex.net>,
>Keith F. Lynch <kfl@access1.digex.net> wrote:
>>I was speaking -- as most people do, quite properly -- of the 
end-to-end
>>binary baud rate, which is what is of interest to people.  I wasn't
>>speaking of the baud rate of the analog modulation in the middle, 
which
>>is only of interest to modem designers and analog engineers, and 
should
>>be completely transparent to computer users.
>
>Actually, what's interesting to end users is CPS. Remember, it's 10 
bits
>per character between the computer and the modem, and 8 bits per 
character
>between the modems. Oh, and compression has to factor into it as well.
>
>Just say it's a 28,000 bps 5670 cps peak modem.
	But it its a LOT easier to sell computer equipment with big 
numbers on it.  What sounds more impressive, 28,800 or 6000?

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