From:	"J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject:	Re: Cellular links again
Date:	Fri, 11 Nov 1994 21:50:11 -0500

On Fri, 11 Nov 1994, Debbie Giesbrecht wrote:

> As far as cellular goes, I didn't think it was reasonable to assume
> that decking couldn't happen via cellular. The technology for that
> kind of thing is already here. I just kept it simple. Due to the
> "not as good connection" of the cellular you get +2 to all target
> numbers for decking. It seems to work.

I read an article on that in one of the magazines written for
businessmen who'd like to be computer geeks (I'm not a businessman,
though my geekdom is still likely, but the article was still a good
read.) Using current mass-market cellular technology, the fastest normal
modem connection you could get is about 2400 baud -- and that's on a good
day, with heavy error correction.
Full-graphics virtual reality is impossible at speeds that slow.

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