gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) (09/07/85)
In article <274@anasazi.UUCP>, john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore) writes: > If you really want to connect portables via radio, you might consider > amateur packet radio technology... > ..they will send data at 1200bps half duplex using > a modified HDLC protocol. 1200bps makes it sound fast; the actual thruput is well under what you get over 300 baud phone lines, due to turnaround delays and protocol overhead and repeaters rebroadcasting on the same frequency. I'd try a cellular phone with a 300 baud modem before I used this technology. John Gilmore, KB6DQC