>> BUT WHO took it upon themselves to push class1 and class2 to

 >>  "make them the standard"

 >> Some commercially minded idiot that was looking at his own profit line...



 HM> Of course.. I don't deny that class 2 is a standard by defacto, but in 

 HM> all

 HM> practicality, it is the standard, while 2.0 is now.



 >> It certainly was not the people that use the product (end users)

 >> They have absolutely NO SAY.



 HM> Are Rockwell users disadvantaged by class 2 only? ie, is there 

 HM> significant

 HM> enough a technical difference (aside from them being incompatible) for 

 HM> class

 HM> 2.0 to take over? V.34 was significantly better than V.FC, so V.34 won 

 HM> through.



I answer a question with a question here.

Don't you think that it would have been unecconomic to research and develop

class 2.0 to the stage of ratification IF there was NOT a significant

advantage on the day. 



Might be that todays improved CPU speed and multitasking platforms have just

taken the urgent need of having the fax hardware do most of the work instead

of the software away.

This would Have to Be THE ONLY REASON that Class 2.0 was not snapped up.

 

Russell



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