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echo: aust_modem
to: Charles Yendle
from: Chris Maddock
date: 1996-09-06 21:01:16
subject: 9600???

On 03 Sep at 13:56, Charles Yendle of 3:711/948 wrote to Geoff Green:

>> Charles Yendle was explaining to Chris Maddock in a message:
>>
>>  CY> I must be getting Blind in my old age. I NEVER saw the term DCE
>>  CY> speed in ANY previous messages.
>>
>> DCE was implied as the conversation was about connection speeds of
>> nodes.

CY> Actually this came up becuase I said a Friend of Mine had a 14400 Baud 
CY> modem that Telstra told him they would not do anything to get it working on 
CY> the Phone line as they only gaurentee the lines to 2400 baud.

CY> It was assumed DTE, Not DCE.

Quote "... they would not do anything to get it working on the Phone
line as they only gaurentee (sic) the lines to 2400 baud."

Note it said "Phone line".  i.e. DCE speed

Also, as I have mentioned before, 14400bps is not a supported speed on the DTE.

Your assumption was wrong.

Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism{at}softtech.brisnet.org.au

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