Re: another one bite the dust - terminology statement
BOB GORDON <bgordon_at_theautochannel.com> WROTE:
>Good News...pretty soon we can all save money by...dusting off
>and reinstalling our 75 mz computers, canceling our expensive
>broadband connectivity and returning to 9600 baud modems, because
>the only thing to do and see on the web will be to check out
>movie schedules, telephone numbers, classifieds and send and
>receive e-mail...
TO WHICH JIM CARLINI <carlini_at_nwu.edu> REPLIED:
>FACT ONE: CORRECT TERMINOLOGY (AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU
>READ THIS)
>There is NO such thing as 9600 BAUD. It's 9600 bits per
>second. This is one of the most common pieces of mis-
>information out there that so many pseudo-experts in
>this "business" spew out. Think how dumb you look when
>you say 9600 BAUD. To anyone (worth anything) in the
>networking business, you have just lost ALL of your
>credibility. Forget talking about anything more complex
>like broadband or fiber optic connectivity, it is clear
>you don't know what you're talking about.
>And you want more investing????.....
You are being way too hard. While you are correct there
is a technical distinction, I have never heard or seen
anyone treated as you described for making that mistake,
UNLESS they claimed to be some type of communications
expert. Casual users are not expected to know the
difference. They only know what they read and hear. And
for all practical purposes, the baud rate of a modem is
how many bits per second it can send.
This is a marketing mailing list not comp.dcom.modems !
Received on Fri Aug 31 2001 - 10:23:02 CDT
