RG> I don't know of any fax software that supports Class 2.0 :-(

RG> I have Winfax 7 (for Win95) and Procomm Plus 3.0
RG> (has fax capability) and both will recognise my modem
RG> (Courier v.everything) as being suitable for  Class 1 only.

RG> Why does USR support class 2.0 when all the fax software vendors
RG> and every other modem that I know of supports Class 2 only?

DD> I am led to believe that 2.0 is the ITU-T ratified standard.

RG> I believe you are right but that leaves the question which has
RG> me stumped viz. Why if class 2.0 is the ratified standard do most
RG> modems and "all" (as far as I know) software support class 2?

Its an absolutely classic example of the unspeakable mess the industry
can get into over standards. They were so pathetically slow at formalising
what came after Class 1 that the industry, particularly the modem manufacturers
gave up waiting and implemented what they thought would be approved as
Class 2. The formal Class 2.0 ended up being massively different, with
a massive conversion effort, and it was hard to justify that effort with
so much hardware and software out there using Class 2. So hardly anyone
has done. Those that have tend to be those like USR who studiously avoided
doing Class 2, waiting for the formal standard. They havent necessarily
ended up with a better result doing that tho as you can see from the
rather pathetic support for Class 2.0 in the fax software.
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