On 12 Oct 96, Ian Smith wrote to Paul Wankadia --



 PW> Oh!  So I'd buy a USR Courier V.everything then???

 IS> If you listened to these blokes, you'd buy three! :)



I've half a mind to do that ;)



 PW> ???  You mean the 33.6Kbps thing was in V.34 all along???

 IS> No, but refining the technology for those higher speeds wasn't

 IS> difficult (for billion dollar companies, anyway), and was probably



Are those companies public (i.e. can I get shares :)



 IS> well under way when V.34 (1994) was ratified.  Rockwell, Motorola etc

 IS> weren't that far behind, but no doubt it was a rewarding coup for USR

 IS> - flash ROM technology the clever move.



Isn't Flash ROM wonderful?  I wonder how they write to it?  I take it you

need to use some sort of AT command?



 PW> Then why did USR call it V.34+ et al...???

 IS> It's called marketing, Paul.  Works, too.



Would you like to buy my modem?  It's erm...  Slower than 33.6Kbps, but still

works great! :)



Chow.



Junyer Hakker.



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