[65615] in Cypherpunks
Re: 56 kbps modems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Mon Sep 16 23:24:14 1996
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:14:22 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <199609162239.IAA24591@mac.ce.com.au> from "craigw@dg.ce.com.au" at Sep 17, 96 08:40:49 am
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
craigw@dg.ce.com.au sez:
>
> That I realize that baud and bit/sec are not the same, but I feel you would
> have a hard time getting a 56k modem to work on a line that does not
> support 28.8k fully, let alone 33.6k.
I'm trying to guess on the magic at work.
Note that the far end must be a PRI. I wonder if they do some
guessing as to the quantization points, then iterate.
Also note there's no mention of the hype-writer's old friend,
compression.
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