kendrix_j@mims.enet.dec.com (mims::kendrix_j) (05/09/91)
> Path: mims.enet.dec.com!kendrix_j > From: kendrix_j@mims.enet.dec.com (John R. Kendrix) > Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm > Subject: Re: Is there a 9600 baud standard? > Date: 6 MAY 91 20:01:36 EST > Distribution: na > Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Alpharetta, Ga. > Keywords: > Summary: > -Message-Text-Follows- > > In article <NF6g22w164w@graphics.rent.com>, bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) writes> >acyoung@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Aaron C. Young) writes: > > > >> Is there a 9600 baud standard? I see all this stuff about V.32 and V.this > >> and V.that. If I buy a 9600 baud modem....can I call any other modem? I've > >> got a 2400 baud....and I used to think that was fast.....but now...I think > >> I really need to get something faster. So what's the deal? > > > >The standard in the entire industry and the world for 9600 bps modems > >is V.32. V.32bis will probably supercede V.32 in the next year. > >V.32 gives you a 9600 baud carrier with compression giving you up to > >4 times that speed in theory. V.32bis will give you a 14,400 baud > >carrier with the same 4 times increase (theoretically) with > >compression. > > > >Right now there are several V.32 modems being manufactured by the > >likes of Intel and Practical Peripherals selling for around $400.00. > >These will most likely come with upgrade policies to V.32bis. I > >picked up a Hayes Ultra V.32 and hope to upgrade to V.32bis soon. > > > >> Thanks, > > > >Your welcome. > > > >> acyoung@sunrise.acs.syr.edu > > > >-- Bob > > > > The Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" > > ============================================================================ > > InterNet: bobl@graphics.rent.com | Raven Enterprises > > UUCP: ...rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!bobl | 25 Raven Avenue > > BitNet: bobl%graphics.rent.com@pucc | Piscataway, NJ 08854 > > Home #: 908/560-7353 | 908/271-8878 > > That has been the problem... there is not a standard for 9600 baud. It's been > left up to each company to decide how they will implement 9600 baud. Because > of this you have to have a modem made by company A to talk with a company A > modem above 2400 baud. For this reason, one of the most important decisions > you will have to make when buying a high speed modem is WHO do I want to talk > to. I advise you to take a survey of the places that have high speed modems, > see what kind of modem they are using, then buy that type. Most Amiga bulletin > boards use U.S. Robotics HST. The HST, has more features than any of the > comparable Hayes modems, and also has a much higher CPS rate of data transfer > (chars per sec) IMHO. > > Perhaps the biggest reason to buy a HST, is the % of them in use. USR has for > a long time had in place a Discount program for Sysops. Hayes implemented > their own sysop's discount program, but I'm afraid that it was just too little > too late. The largest % of BBS's used the HST, users want to be able to talk > with the BBS's, so they bought the HST... > > Whatever modem you buy, just make sure that it will be FULLY compatible with > the modem you will be calling! > > Cheers, > > JK > > > ******************************************************************************** > * John R. Kendrix * Disclaimers: The opinions expressed here * > * Digital Equipment Corporation * aren't likely to be claimed * > * * by me, much less my employer. * > * * * > * Phone: 404-343-1739 * E-Mail: Kendrix_J@mims.enet.dec.com * > ********************************************************************************