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 | | Since the modem could not dial the phone, the acoustic coupler remained common because you needed to dial the phone separately anyway. |
 | | Modems generally remained at 300 and 1200 bps into the mid-1980s, although over this period the acoustic coupler disappeared seemingly overnight as Smartmodem-compatible modems flooded into the market. |
 | | A 2400 bps system similar in concept to the 1200 bps Bell 212 signalling was introduced in the US, and a slightly different, and incompatible, one in Europe. |
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