Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Pending FCC ruling threat to modem users Message-ID: <442@omen.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Dec-86 20:34:09 EST Article-I.D.: omen.442 Posted: Sat Dec 20 20:34:09 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 03:49:44 EST References: <1572@brl-adm.ARPA> <3454@curly.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU> <488@enmasse.UUCP> Reply-To: caf@.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Omen Technology, Portland Lines: 14 In article <488@enmasse.UUCP> guy@enmasse.UUCP (The Computer Guy) writes: :> 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. A 212 or v.22bis modem signal fits well within a standard telephone voice channel, it does not take up more bandwidth. While there are some multiplexing schemes that are more heavily loaded by a -12 dbm modem signal than by a voice signal with peaks 10 or 20 db higher, I doubt that many local calls would involve such high value mux gear.