Bill, at 06:27 on Mar 05 1997, you wrote to David Drummond ...

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DD>> Mine doesn't do X2 - then again, I don't ring the Internet 
DD>> with it either...

BG> What a pity that USR's x2 and Rockwell's K56Flex are little 
BG> more than interim flash-in-the-pan protocols, both of which 
BG> will be replaced by considerably cheaper cable "modems" 
BG> (line cards) within the next year or so (and with the added 
BG> advantage of full duplex 64kbps or 128kbps speeds, not this 
BG> silly one-way 56k thing).  This is one piece of passing fad 
BG> technology in which I have no interest whatsoever in 
BG> "investing"...

I'm not sure that cable modems are the answer either.  Remember the
bandwidth is shared by other homes on your segment.

David
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