On Wed 08 Jan at 15:19 Hamish Moffatt (3:632/552{at}fidonet) wrote to David Drummond:

 > Maybe, for those that need it.  The simple fact of the 
 > matter is that there are enough USRs out there (especially 
 > in the USA) that a proprietry protocol will be of use.

 HM> Having a USR Courier does no good at all the ISP's end, 
 HM> though. Unless all the ISPs use USR or other 
 HM> x2-supporting gear, it'll be completely useless. And 
 HM> Rockwell's standard may end up prevalent in ISP gear. 
 HM> We'll have to wait and see...

The interesting thing is that according to Data Communications Magazine's
mid-1995 tests, the USR Courier had the greatest success at receiving calls
from a variety of other modems.

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