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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.dcom,net.news.sa
Subject: Re: 2400 baud modems
Message-ID: <3500@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 15:36:32 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 11 15:36:32 1984
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Well, with all these 2400 bps modems on the market now, why don't
some busy Usenet sites start getting them? I would think a reduction
in connect time by a factor of two would quickly make up the extra
cost.

I assume there are four reasons why this hasn't happened yet:
	1. administrators move slowly and within annual budgets;
	2. the sites already have enough modems for their phone lines;
	3. if a site has N dial-in lines, it could only ensure 2400
	   baud communication with other systems by putting a 2400 baud
	   modem on *every* dial-in line;
	4. the first site to get a 2400 baud modem won't have anyone
	   to talk with at 2400 baud for a while (although the fallback
	   to 1200 would work, of course).

May I suggest a strategy for any news or system admin looking at this?
Take one of your phone lines out of the regular hunt group (or make it
the last in the group) and put a 2400-baud modem on it. Once it's
working, encourage your news feeds to get 2400 baud modems, and give
them the new phone number. I suspect the change would soon pay for
itself.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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