On Thursday, October 10 1996, Paul Wankadia wrote to John Piper ...

 PW> BTW what ISDN modems are there available in Australia?

 JP> NetComm recently released one, although I knew about it three months ago

 PW> How much does Telstra charge for ISDN?  How much is that NetComm modem?

You'd have to contact Telstra and NetComm respectively for prices. You will
have to dig deep though. No doubt about that.

 JP> I believe NetComm's 33.6k code is its own. If I'm wrong about this, I
 JP> would appreciate correct information.

 PW> So NetComm's "V.34+" is different/incompatible with USR's
"V.34+" ???

Not at all. I've had no trouble sustaining 31200 conects with a local 33.6k
NetComm M34F. Similarly, 33.6k M34Fs often call here.

 JP> There won't be a V.34+; it's basically nothing more than an extension to
 JP> V.34, and it will be listed as such (to the best of my knowledge).

 PW> Will this "extension" be ratified by the ITU-T then?

AFAIK, it has been. The V.34 spec now includes 31.2k and 33.6k.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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