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JH>In a message to Marc Lewis  Hayes Support wrote:
JH>HS>     The 56K modems will support fax and will be backwards compatible
JH>HS> with the old ITU-T standards (V.34 (33.6K), V.32Bis, etc. etc.).  As 
for
JH>HS> whether you get OPTIMA or ACCURA, specific details have not yet been
JH>HS> announced, but basically it depends on what you trade in as to what 
ou
JH>HS> get back.  The ISP/Sysop program info on our BBS is under the main 
enu
JH>HS> option 5 (Special Programs).
JH>I wonder if the trade in will allow sysops to send the modem they are
JH>currently using AFTER they recieve the 56k modem?
JH>Do you have any idea if the modem with be able to be upgrade to whatever
JH>the ITU set the the standard for 56k and what the projected cost will
JH>be?
JH>jh -
John,
    Currently there have been no announcements regarding pre-ship
replacements for any modem trade ins.  It should be a pretty quick
swap-out though.
    And yes, there will be an upgrade path available from these 56K
modems to whatever standard the ITU-T comes up with. No projected cost
on that yet as we don't yet know what the ITU-T is going to come up
with at this point.
Michael -- Hayes Online Services
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