Networks considered harmful/Re: USENIX board studies UUCP

[Stuart Lynne]

In article <17788 at nuchat.UUCP> steve at nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia) writes:
}In article <7403 at ficc.uu.net> peter at ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
}>And as for the transfer speeds, my proposal has been demonstrated at up to
}>18,000 baud using Telebit Trailblazers. That's about twice as fast as FAX.
}
}Isn't it misleading to compare baud (actually, bit) rates for FAX and
}E-mail?  One is sending an image, the other text.  FAX has a lot of
}advantages, but text transfer efficiency isn't one of them.

No it's fair. The suggestion is for extensions to the fax standards to
support FTP using V.29/V.27 compatible modems. 


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