Hamish, at 18:43 on Mar 17 1997, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

HM>> I heard the other day that K56Flex is far superior (and
HM>> faster) anyway.

BG> How so, when BOTH x2 and K56Flex are restricted to a maximum link rate of
BG> 53kbps in the United States?

HM> I heard that indeed x2 was limited to 53k in the USA due to 
HM> excessive transmit levels required, but that K56Flex was not 
HM> having this problem.

It's an FCC limitation, and currently applies to both 56k protocols.

>   Speed                  46666/24000
>   Speed                  48000/24000

HM> So much for 56k.

Dunno, look at the Tx link rate.  The bandwidth is such that V.34 could
only handle a 24k connect, yet x2 still went through at 48k.  In my book,
that's a pretty impressive result on what is obviously a less than perfect
line.

BG> Incidentally, is K56Flex actually available to the general public yet?

HM> Unknown. I think there's likely to be a significant lead 
HM> time before this is actually being used in Australia to any 
HM> great extent, anyway.

Have since learned that the first generation of Rockwell chipsets is
faulty, and replacements won't be avalable for around another 2 weeks, so
the answer is essentially no, K56Flex is not available just yet.

Regards, Bill

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