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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
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Subject: Re: Re: PC Pursuit (opinions)
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Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 12:01:14 EDT
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> One of the major problems facing the telco's in general and the long distance
> companies in particular is the problem of people using SPRINT to call a long
> distance bulliten board.  The modems are converting 300 baud signals into
> binary signals between the two computers.  The lines being used are analog
> lines being digitized at the rate of about 50KB/sec.  In other words, a line
									^^^^^^
> capable of handling over 100 calls is being tied up for up to an hour.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	You must be joking!  No one on Usenet can possibly be that naive about
data communication.  Or can they...

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