On Sun 23 Jun at 05:14 Ian Smith (3:626/660{at}fidonet) wrote to Peter McGrath:

 PM> the ITU (Standards Committee), as v32bis was the 14k4 
 PM> extensions to v32 (9k6). There is also some discussion 
 PM> that it won't be called v34bis but something else, so it 
 PM> seems this standards committee's may not even keep to 
 PM> its own (naming) standards!!!

 IS> .. or your, or "general's" misinterpretation of the ITU 
 IS> conventions used?

 IS> That wouldn't be a first, either.  The ITU were at pains to 
 IS> point out, as a clarification with V.42bis, that 'bis' 
 IS> dodsn't necessarily mean more of the same, or faster, or 
 IS> anything like that.

The update to V.34 will be known as V.34 (1996).

 IS> Arthur's on an ITU-T committee, maybe he'll fill us in more 
 IS> definitively?

I'm not actually, I just pester those who are and check http://www.itu.ch
occasionally.

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