Yo! Hayes:
Friday March 07 1997 11:09, Hayes Support wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC> HS>> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
 BC>> Well, more of a comment than a question......but I am reluctant to 
pend
 BC>> any more money on modems with my latest gratifying experience under my
 BC>> belt.  You see, I am connected direct to the Internet with a service
 BC>> that's better than T1 on the downlink and almost as good on the
 BC>> upswing. No modem involved. Well......make it a "cable modem"
 BC>> running at ethernet speeds over the local Cable TV lines.  Wow!
 BC>> Makes modems look like horses and buggies on the dragstrip.
 BC>> Not to brag though....rather to elucidate the wave of the future where
 BC>> between cable modems, ATM, and/or ADSL, there really won't be a place
 BC>> for modems.  So I hate to spend any money on either upgrades or
 BC>> repairs....if you catch my drift.
 HS> Bill,
 HS>     Your AT-i3 results show that you have the latest firmware produced
 HS> for that model (the exact same version I have been running on my own BBS
 HS> for quite awhile till I recently replaced it with a 33.6).  I checked
 HS> around and found your email. You sent all the needed info and should
 HS> have an RMA emailed back to you within day (from Patrick).  This should
 HS> be covered (no charge).
Yes, they got back to me with an RA number and I'll be shipping the unit out 
on Monday morning.  All's well insofar how things have developed so far.
 HS> I know what you mean regarding a direct internet connection, I do
 HS> just about everything now via a TCP/IP link.  Calling into this BBS
 HS> is one of the few times during the day that I call out via a modem
 HS> for anything other than testing ;)  It's easy to get spoiled by aT-1.
Heh heh heh.....and my downlink is quite a bit better than a T1 while the 
uplink is a half of a T1.  I am spoiled already.  And about ready to shed a 
tear at the end of an era.  In my time, you see....I have had the following 
Hayes modems:
Smartmodem 300 (Apple IIe)
Smartmodem 1200 (Apple IIe)
Smartmodem 9600 v.32
Optima 288
 HS> Hayes is involved in the cable and ADSL technology, we have the
 HS> new ACCURA ISDN Terminal Adapter shipping and we're about to unleash
 HS> the 56K analog modems.  There's only so much you can do on a regular
 HS> phone line, and we have just about reached the limit.
ADSL, eh?  That's our next great hope.  We are going to find these cable TV 
companies to be rather unintelligent and domineering at the same time.  
Already mine has installed proxy servers and made it a little difficult to do 
some things with that T1+ cable modem service.  I suspect it will only get 
worse.
So ADSL is the next horizon.  But it's anyone's guess when the telco's will 
support it..........  So what is Hayes doing on that scene?  And are there 
any timetables for implementation or even beta testing.....especially out 
here on the Left Coast in PacBell territory?
I'd like to be involved in it.
BTW, I was on the Hayes Web site snooping around and saw the PDF file on 
their new cable modem.  Not too impressive at 5-Mbps when Motorola's 
CyberSurfer does the full 10-Mbps using Ethernet technology.  But.....I might 
add that having the equivalent of 3+ T1's ain't too shabby.  Now you guys 
gotta get out there and sell the idea to the cable TV market.  So far, only 
the two big boys are playing: Time-Warner and Cox.  But there are zillions of 
Mom & Pop CATV operations going on.  And it sure would be nice if the telcos 
had some competition when they decide to get off their lazy arses with ADSL.
Also saw the Hayes modem and ethernet card in one package.  Now there's a 
decent idea if the cost isn't out of sight. What with generic LAN adapters 
avaialble at $30 and 33.6 modems at $99, though, you guys have a tough row to 
hoe on that score.  You guys are being innovative anyway....which is cool.
Now what about ADSL?  Where's that puppy going?
Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@san.rr.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176
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