Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave 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 Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3500 Posted: Sun Mar 11 15:36:32 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Mar-84 16:21:33 EST References: <126@symplex.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 26 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 -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave