-=> Thus spake John Piper unto Stephen Kemp <=-

 JP> On Sunday, October 20 1996, Stephen Kemp wrote to Danny Keogh ...
 
 SK> Generally baud rate and bitrate (bps) are the same.

 JP> Bollocks. They are not the same at all.
 
 OK they aren't the same. I mean as I think you can guess that often
 what is quoted as baud rate is actually bit rate. If you have been
 following the thread of this message you will find that it is
 common (poor) practice for this to occur.

 SK> Technically baud rate refers to the number of signal changes per second.

 JP> There is no "technical" about it. Baud rate *IS* the
number of signal
 JP> changes per second.

 Oh come on! Let's not get too picky.

 SK> So a baud rate of 2400 could equal a bit rate of 4800 or 9600

 JP> Nope.
 Well explain then. AFAIK and has been explained elsewhere one baud can
 accommodate 4 bits hence 2400 baud= 9600 bps. I am no expert so I
 will stand correction on this.
 



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