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...with cable companies. Bell Atlantic is scheduled to begin offering video on demand to 300 homes in northern Virginia this summer. U.S. West has announced plans to deploy enough fiber-optic lines and coaxial cable (the pencil-thick wire used by cable systems) across 14 states to deliver "video dial tones" to 13 million households starting next year...
...satisfy the data- hungry- and also to keep up with the times- the HArvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) have set up dial- up lines that support data- transfer speed of up to 14,400 baud. With the V.42bis compression turned on, that translate into almost five full pages of typed text per second. Even the hard- core users will be satisfied- at least...
...HUSC users aren't actually concerned about how fast data travel over the phone; their frustration stems more from the fact that there just aren't enough lines to accomodate ven a fraction of those eager to dial into HUSC to check e-mail or read USENET news or do their problem sets, most of which can be done at the slower speed 2400 baud but only when you can dial...
...address this complaint, HASCS recently added new modems to the dial-in pool converted existent old lines to the higher speed of 14,400 baud, according to acting director Richard Steen. All counted, at present there are 39 14,400-baud lines and twelve 2400-baud ones...
...dial into HUSC, the best thing to do now is to stay away from the peak period, which Steen says lasts from about 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.a Also, says Steen, try not to stay on the line for too long, as many other users will be waiting for you to get off line...