-=> Quoting John Clarke to David Drummond <=-

 JC> On Nov 29, 1996 at 17:01 hrs, David Drummond of 3:640/305 
 JC> wrote to John Clarke:

 JC> Hello David,
 
 JC>> A note of caution before you race off and have your modems 
 JC>> converted.
 
 JC>> In Oz we use the European standard 64Kb/s digital links 
 JC>> while USA uses US standard 56Kb/s digital links.  Both 
 JC>> standards are ratified by the ITU-T BUT the two are NOT 
 JC>> compatible.  Any modem converted to the USR 56KB/s standard 
 JC>> would ONLY be usable in the USA.
 
 JC>> Unless you want to sell the modem to someone in the USA when 
 JC>> you have finished with it, having the conversion done would 
 JC>> be a waste of time and money (freight costs) IMHO.
 
 DD> The latest PC World mag arrived on my desk today.
 
 DD> Banksia Press release announces the imminent arrival of the 56k 
 DD> banksia modem (second half 1997).
 
 DD> USR Sportsters now selling will be upgradeable to 56K.

 JC> Unless I am completely missing the boat here the X2 technology relies
 JC> on a  56Kb/s digital channel and only one D-A conversion.  Who is 
 JC> going to provide the 56Kb/s digital channel?  

You are missing the boat - the US does have 64k ISDN and it will be required
to host a 56k X2 session.  If the X2 session is hosted over a 56k digital
link then you will probably only get a 48k connection.

Regards,
Mark Griffiths.


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