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echo: aust_modem
to: Steven Anderson
from: Hamish Moffatt
date: 1996-12-09 17:57:00
subject: USR upgrade

Hello Steven!

Thursday December 05 1996 17:53, Steven Anderson wrote to Arthur Marsh:

 AM>> In the first quarter of 1997, USR are expecting a world-wide release of
 AM>> flash upgradability to 56k.  This includes Australia.  We may, however,
 >  I wonder how long before we get the more usefull Full Duplex 43k2
 > Protocal...

 >  This 56k protocal from where I sit is as usefull as a 75baud modem :)
 >  (Quake over the Internet would FLY!!! :) :) :)

No it wouldn't; the 56k isn't bi-directional. You get 56k one direction, V.34
or something in the other. And still none of it applies to our phone system
(or most of Europe's).

Regards,
Hamish

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