> Another advantage to the 2400 bps (and slower) modems for applications
> such as UUCP mail with relatively small amounts of data is that the
> negotiation time is very short. That's why the credit-card verifiers and
> paging terminals are typically 1200 baud. They can handle a half dozen
> transactions by the time a pair of v.34+ modems have finished negotiating.
> More tolerant of crappy phone lines, too.
Yep. We do our CC by computer. At first I had a 28.8k on my computer,
and it was a nightmare trying to connect to the processing company. Busted
out the trust o' Wang 2400 and it connects every time.
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Bryan Wann, Owner, CNA, Solaris Sysadmin, BOFH >clickety-click<
CWIS Internet Services http://www.cwis.net
bwann@cwis.net bcasey@galstar.com Stigler, OK