-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <199508120857.BAA11361@ix5.ix.netcom.com>, stewarts@ix.netcom.com (Bill Stewart) wrote:

Yes, lots of us aren't using modems faster than 14400 now, but you can get a 14.4/19.2 modem at Fry's for well under $100. (19.2 is unfortunately not quite enough to 16 kbps, given start and stop bits, unless you do synchronous [...] Anybody who needs to avoid government or business-competitor eavesdroppers can probably afford $150 in extra hardware for their PC.

This doesn't apply to international communications or folks in the boonies, where it's hard to get full performance out of modems, so you Commie spies and Earth First!ers will need more expensive high-tech equipment :-)...

Here is my usually plea to anyone designing a computer telephony application that uses modems: please always include a low bandwidth codec! I am on a brand new DMS-100 and have new lines running from the CO to my house. I can still not go over 9600bps. My only alternative is ISDN, which isn't just another $150, but $1000. Please give the user a choice of codecs that allows for minimization of the requirenments alony _any_ of the three axis of the perfomance cube. - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMCzhMCoZzwIn1bdtAQFKXAGAoS3CU0svmkGps3khnqS+tblUR5te9iV9 p6Ifw9jeQlkL0T7uA8W1DUWKE7M4s+O6 =o9A4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----