Hamish, at 16:52 on Mar 18 1997, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Presumably, although we didn't actually discuss that at all.  I'm far more
BG> interested in Lucent's proposed new protocol which connects at speeds as
BG> high as 43kbps on standard analogue lines (and judging by the way their
BG> shares have almost doubled in value over the last fortnight, so are a lot
BG> of other people).

HM> As I understand it, Lucent designed (with Rockwell) K56Flex too.

You understand correctly, and it's not such a bad marketing decision when
you think about it; having the (equal) fastest file transfer protocol,
regardless of the type of physical phone line in use (i.e. POTS, ISDN, or
whatever).  Must be close to time to check Lucent's URL to see exactly
where they're going, but unlike USR, they appear to have overcome _their_
tunnel vision syndrome...

Regards, Bill

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