-=> Quoting Edward Hobson to Richard Town <=-

 EH> By all means draw that inference, but it may be more correct to
 EH> interpret it as most people think V.42 *is* an error control protocol,
 EH> as opposed to it being a protocol which negotiates such things.
"LAPM"
 EH> doesn't sound at all ITU-ish, because people *know* ITU protocols as
 EH> being Vee-dot references.

Now that we've established that you know more about Vee dot than you've
hitherto let on, perhaps you'd like to explain where in either V42 or V42bis
does it permit V42bis to be switched off when under V42 fallback negotiation
action?

 EH> fallback occurs, then the modem follows the only route it knows to MNP
 EH> compatible data compression, that being selection of MNP5.

V42bis was chosen specifically to combat the dumb compression action of
MNP5

 EH> Couriers
 EH> don't know about Microcom's route to MNP with V.42bis.

Obviously.  That's why they don't fully support CCITT agreed recommendations
Advertising product as "fully compliant" in this regard is false

rgdZ
Richard

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