Talk:Packet Switch Stream

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There were three InterStream gateways on PSS. InterStream 1 was the gateway to the Telex network allowing the sending and receiving of Telexs by PSS subscribers. The Telex network was made to look like an X.25 network with a DNIC of 2348. Another was an ISDN packet mode interface which ran on a GEC 4000 series minicomputer, but I believe it was only made available to some customers. I cannot remember what the third InterStream gateway was, although I did know some ~15 years ago. They were called InterSteam 1, InterStream 2, and InterStream 3, but apart from InterStream 1, I also can't remember anymore which was which. 81.187.74.206 15:29, 21 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

One of these other InterStrean gateways was for teletex (note teletex not teletext) on PSTN and Circuit Switching networks. This was another failed application that was designed to update telex and provide message exchange between the newer word processing technology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.80.244 (talk) 16:54, 25 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

The word Baud is sometimes over-used. The definition of Baud is the number of elements transmitted to line per second and a 9.6 kbit/s modem is in fact a 2400 baud device. Each element of data sent to line is a Quadbit (4 bits) and hence the 4:1 ratio. Better to just say kbit/s anyway; and 2 Mbit/s for the Primary rate. Finally, it was always BT house style to use KiloStream and MegaStream as the product name for the link provided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.248.105 (talk) 20:05, 30 October 2010 (UTC)Reply