At 21:58/10/May, Richard Town (2:254/235) said:
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RT>  -=> Quoting Bill Mitchell to Christopher Armstrong <=-
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 expensive
RT> brand name modems.  First V34 from all brand names was symmetric
Symmetric - common Rx/Tx speed.  Asymmetric - differeing Rx/Tx speed.  USR 
modems had asymmetric V.34 from day 1.  USR is a "brand name".
Rick
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