Hi CHARLES.

17-Dec-03 13:34:00, CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE

 CA> So CIS verified that many users could push a 300 baud
 CA> modem to 450 baud but the 'trick' was the receiving modem had to
 CA> be setup to receive at 450 baud as well. CIS did setup a few
 CA> dialin numbers at 450 baud as a 'test' then began to charge more
 CA> for the 450 access! People dropped it's use and it faded back into
 CA> obscurity. Greed has killed off many a good thing.

Dunno about that, the RBBS-PC BBS software offered that feature.

in think its main fade was when 1200bps modems became popular.

 -=> Bye <=-

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