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 HG> No, baud and bps are two seperate things. For example, a 14.4
 HG> modem uses a baud of I beleive 1400 and encodes 10 bits per baud,
 HG> giving the 14.4 kbps.
 RT> 
 RT> "Baud" is defined as the number of information packets that can be
 RT> transferred over a medium.  The current synonym used by the ITU
 RT> is "symbols per second."  For example, earlier (Strowger dated)
 RT> telephone circuits we struggled with has a traditional capacity of
 RT> about 2600 baud for speech.  Up through V32bis, data transmission
 RT> was limited to 2400 baud, with multiple bits encoded in each symbol.
 RT> When V34 was being developed, field studies by the now-merged Codex
 RT> and BELLcore found that the actual bandwidth available for use today
 RT> had been extended from the old 300-3000 to 200-3700Hz.  V34 attempts to
 RT> take advantage of the extra bandwidth when it's there by using symbol
 RT> rates above 2400, and also by shifting carrier frequency.
 RT> Here's a table of modulation types and the respective baud rates:
 RT> 103, V.21:     0-450 baud, 1 bit per symbol.  Half-duplex to 600 baud
 RT> 212, V.22:     600 baud, 2 bits per symbol.
 RT> V22bis:        600 baud, 4 bits per symbol.
 RT> V32 4k8:       2400 baud, 2 or 3 bits per symbol (trellis off, on)
 RT> V32bis 7k2:    2400 baud, 4 bits per symbol (trellis)
 RT> V32 9k6:       2400 baud, 4 or 5 bits per symbol (trellis off, on)
 RT> V32bis 12k0:   2400 baud, 6 bits per symbol (trellis)
 RT> V32bis 14k4:   2400 baud, 7 bits per symbol (trellis)
 RT> V34 has a menu of symbol rates and signalling patterns, which
 RT> implement "fractional bit encoding" to adjust the size of the
 RT> eye-pattern constellation to fit the available bandwidth.
 RT> Do wish MickeySoft and others tho would drop the term
 RT> baud.  It's used wrongly in too many places that do know better...
        Thanks for the info, I knew the basics but I was way off with the
numbers. TTYL
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