BG> can't agree with you at all.  Ignoring the Courier's now-obsolete non-ITU 
BG> ratified HST and V.32t protocols, what part of their code is proprietary?  
BG> Certainly not V.34 nor Class 2.0 fax, both of which follow ITU-T 

The Courier is not the modem about which I wrote the above - nor the
Sportster, nor any other modem you've owned or are likely to own. I was
referring entirely to the WinModem and other similar devices which require
platform-specific software in order to operate as modems. Rockwell are not
innocent of this either, witness RPI, though even RPI isn't quite as bad as
the WinModem.

You would NOT believe the legal nonsense Rockwell has woven around RPI.
From what I understand, any company which actually licenses RPI and signs
all the associated documentation is laying down and asking for a lawsuit
from Microcom re MNP licensing, which is the reason why none of the major
communications packages support it.

Fortunately, nobody takes these non-standards seriously.

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