Victor Zdanowicz wrote in a message to Roger Dunk:

RD |> ET>      I read an article today, and said there will have a new
RD |> ET> Rockwell chipset available in the end of this end. In
RD |> ET>      the next year, hope the 56k modem will available.

RD |> My goodness.. Where have you been the past month! News of
RD |> the new 56k modems is old now!

 VZ> Hmm.. wait a minute!..

 VZ> 33.6 connects are still having troubles except on good lines; hehe,
 VZ> even 28.8 is hard on some lines... and, I belive 56k excedes the
 VZ> theoretical maximum of throughput on a analogue voice line due to
 VZ> physical bandwith restrictions. 

Thats all very true, but the new 56k modems use special encryption methods
that allow the data to be digitally sent down the normal PSTN, allowing
much higher throughput... At least that's how it works in theory, but we're
all waiting to see if it works in practice :)

Cheers,
Roger 
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