David, at 06:53 on Jan 31 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Is it too much to ask that our lines function at a level approaching that 
BG> of their design limit?  Personally, I think not.  It's 1996, not 1896.

DD> One of the 'gents" in the m/cycle club is somebody of note in
the Brisbane 
DD> ISDN section.  He reminded me at the weekend that Telstra guarantee nothing 
DD> over 2400 baud on the PSTN (when I was gloating about 33,600 connects).

Don't forget that baud does not equal bits per second.  That's why they
modulate the carrier frequency with constellation points (up to 9 per baud,
I believe, with V.34).  Check your Courier's reported carrier frequency and
symbol rate, and you'll see how it's done.

Regards, Bill

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