Pratap Derrick wrote in a message to David Bowerman:
 AM> While the war b/w 56K and X2 continues, Rockwell introduced a modem
 AM> capable of achiving 1 GIG PER SECOND over ordinary phone lines! It
 AM> will cost $350 and it's suppose to be comming in the second quarter
 AM> of 1998. ---
DB> Horse puckey.
 PD>      David.
 PD>      Yep, 1 Gig is a bit of a streach hahahaha
 PD>      BUT... Rockwell Did announce a 1 MEG bit transferrate
 PD>      over a POTS line (downleg/128k upleg)
 PD>      Its an adaption of the ADSL portocol...
 PD>      And they are discussing it with the ITU even as we speak.     
 PD> AND... they said it would cost about what we are currently     
 PD> paying for X2-K56 modems..
Hmmm... considering by the mid-1998, I should be hooked up to ADSL with 
6mbps/640kbps, I find an announcement about 1Mbps/128kbps to be cold pancakes 
and no honey.  It'll cost around $60 per month plus needing a NIC card.
Regards,
       David
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