On Nov 21, 1995 at 08:25, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 db>> How many brands other than USR support this?
 BG>
 BG> In the US, both Hayes and AT&T already support 33k6bps, and the V.34
 BG> extensions which are being used by USR will be the ones adopted by the
 BG> ITU as the official ratified standard early next year.

That's nice .. once they're in place as an ITU-T standard, then I'll worry
about 'em.  :-)

 BG> To upgrade a Rockwell modem will require a whole new datapump, not just
 BG> an EPROM upgrade.  Any guesses as to how much Netcomm are likely to
 BG> charge for that?  I already have a fair idea...  :)

I've already worked a way around NetComm's plan;  y'see, it cost me less
for this modem new than it cost to upgrade my modem last time (M5 ->
M7F), so what you do is skip a standard (I skipped 16.8Kbps, 19.2Kbps and
landed on 28.8Kbps) and by then the new modem is cheaper than it would have
cost to upgrade the old one in the first place.

At the same time, the intervening time period enables far more people to
upgrade their modems, thereby giving you far more options for high-speed
connects by the time you get your modem.  :-)

Sure, not as cheap or quick as a straight EPROM upgrade, but I've got other
things to do without having to stuff around with upgrading hardware (heck,
I barely have enough spare time to shop for my new computer at the
moment!).

 BG>> Plus Class 2.0 fax.
 db>>
 db>> M34F, too.
 BG>
 BG> Really?  Tha surprises me.

True.  14.4Kbps fax, unlike the ol' M7F's 9.6Kbps fax, too.

 BG>  Seems like you need a SOH transplant too, Dave.  :)

Without any indication (such as a smilie, or facts that were so
outrageously unbelieveable as to be untrue) that it was intended as
humourous, I could only conclude that you were serious about pissing off if
Paul got a NutCrumm.

 db>> Ner.  :-)
 BG>
 BG> Is that an obscure acronym of some sort?  :)

I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.  :-)

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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