Richard Town wrote in a message to Bill Mitchell:
 BM> You are incorrect, it's possible to have two different connect speeds.
 BM> There are TWO channels between modems, this fact was exploited by the
 BM> file transfer protocol HS Link. These two channels do not have to be
 BM> the same speed though in the past some cheaper modems did not allow the
 BM> channels to run at different speeds.
 RT> V.FC is symmetric.  First to 28k8 too.  And found in the more
 RT> expensive brand name modems.  First V34 from all brand names was
 RT> symmetric 
Incorrect.  The first USR Courier V.34 beta code supported asymmetric connect 
speeds and that capability was never removed.
Regards,
       David
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