On 22 Oct 96, Russell Brooks wrote to Paul Wankadia --



 PW> You mean V.34+ actually existed in 1994?!?

 RB> Yes Motorola or was it AT&T had it in modems back then.

 RB> USR was beta testing it and released it to the public in May 95.



So USR just "exploited" the higher speeds thru marketing it as
V.34+, altho

someone went off and did all the hard work?



 RB>  RB>> The USR Courier is designed for the Business market not home

 PW> So it's not exactly the "best value" modem for SOHO?

 RB>  It is when you get better, more reliable connects all the time.



Well, that's what counts.  Does it support CID?



 RB>  RB>> USR brought it to the people with Flash Rom making it affordable

 PW> Which lead to big bucks for USR, right?

 RB> Don't know, I'm not a bean counter for USR.



I thought you went in for that sort of dreary job? 



 RB> (33600) modems are  RB>> now old technology. The 56K modems are being

 RB> pushed by marketing now.

 PW> Are those buddy-to-buddy yet?

 RB> No, you must be digital one end.



I don't quite get it.  Aren't analogue and digital mutually
"incompatible"???

Please explain exactly what is required for a 56Kbps connect!



 PW> What is the best chipset?

 RB> A Texas instuments Programable DSP as used in the USR Sportster and

 RB> Courier. Enabling them to be upgraded (yet again) to the 56k



But would the datapump be able to handle 56Kbps?



 RB> technology ( to be released in Jan 97 as an SDL for flashing into the



SDL???



Chow.



Junyer Hakker.



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