Networks considered harmful/Re: USENIX board studies UUCP

[Steve Nuchia]

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.
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