On Wednesday, October 30 1996, Stephen Kemp wrote to John Piper ...

 SK>> Generally baud rate and bitrate (bps) are the same.

 JP> Bollocks. They are not the same at all.

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

I didn't need to read any thread to know how common it is for people to use
both terms interchangably. |-)

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

 JP> Nope.

 SK> Well explain then.

Let's put it this way: a 2400 bps modem is a 600 baud modem.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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