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to: Bob Jones
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2003-07-03 12:16:12
subject: Bink XE Hand-off

Hello Bob!

Jul 02 11:27 03, Bob Jones wrote to Bo Simonsen:

 BS>> The DTE speed is _allways_ fixed :) The CONNECT speed 
 BS>> doesn't mean anything to the DTE..

 BJ> That is correct for most modern modems.  If I pull a few of my older 
 BJ> modems out for usage (very unlikely), the DTE speed *DID* change 
 BJ> based on the connect speed....  

My first modem was a SmartLink 19.2kps, so i've allways lived with modern modems.

 BJ> Reason I'm unlikely to pull out the 
 BJ> old haardware except in extream emergencies, is that it only supports 
 BJ> 300 and 1200 bps.    By the time we got above 2400 bps on most 
 BJ> user modems, you could start locking the speed from the computer to 
 BJ> the modem....

Ok!

Regards,
Bo

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