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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Robyn Manning <robynman@dove.net.au>
  Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:45:32 +1030

Re: ADSL Enabled Exchange Areas: Updated 20/11/2000

On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 12:31:27PM +1030, Robyn Manning wrote:

 > Ok now you've bamboozled me.
 > I have a 56k modem is that 56k bits or 56k baud?

Bits.  Baud is "symbols per second".  If you can come up with an encoding
scheme where each symbol represents 23 or 24 bits, you can use that scheme
at 2400 baud to send 56k.


   - mark

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