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From: guy@enmasse.UUCP (The Computer Guy)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Pending FCC ruling threat to modem users
Message-ID: <488@enmasse.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 12:35:20 EST
Article-I.D.: enmasse.488
Posted: Thu Dec 18 12:35:20 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Dec-86 00:02:48 EST
References: <1572@brl-adm.ARPA> <3454@curly.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: guy@enmasse.UUCP (The Computer Guy)
Organization: EnMasse Computer Corp, Acton, MA
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> Modems use the same lines as voice.
>
This is true, but they soak up a much higher bandwidth than voice.  If you
are multiplexing telephone signals on a single channel, a modem signal
reduces the number of simultaneous conversations you can carry.  Apologies
if this point has already been made.

By the way, get this OUT of net.sources.
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