MM>> * Copied from: USR_MODEMS

 MM>> U.S. ROBOTICS SHATTERS SPEED BARRIER: DELIVERS 56 Kbps OVER STANDARD

 MM>> TELEPHONE LINES

 MM>> Internet Service Providers Embrace New x2 Technology; Plan Field

 MM>> Trials & Roll-Out

 MM>> Skokie, Ill., October 16, 1996 -- U.S. Robotics (NASDAQ:USRX) today

 MM>> announced a key breakthrough in modem technology that provides

 MM>> Internet and on-line connections at speeds nearly twice as fast as

 MM>> those currently available over standard telephone lines.



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 MM>> U.S. Robotics will conduct field trials in November and begin shipping

 MM>> x2 to Internet and on-line service providers as well as end users

 MM>> during the first calendar quarter of 1997.



 MG> 



 MM>> Australia

 MM>> Microplex

 MM>> Netexpress



 MG> So when will I see a new SDL for my Austel Courier??? (Keeping in mind 

 MG> that

 MG> the latest Austel SDL is dated November 1995)



You had better ask this question to Marc Medows in the USR_Modems echo

Jabberwocky carries it)

You wont get an answer from USR here.

I just Cross_posted this press_release to here



Russell

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