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to: Kieran Morrissey
from: Hamish Moffatt
date: 1996-05-27 23:28:00
subject: New modem

Hello Kieran!

Friday May 24 1996 23:30, Kieran Morrissey wrote to Joseph Duncan:

 > Probably not... the maximum you can do with normal phone lines is about
 > 40k... unless you're talking ISDN that sort of speed would be impossible
 > with normal PSTN lines.

PSTN: correct, normal, no. You can get baseband (or is it broadband?)
modems that, on a suitable line, can do 384k-512k or so. I believe this is
called a PAPL line, or something like that. Both ends of the connection
need to be on the same exchange.


Regards,
Hamish

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