Replying to a message posted in FidoNet Zone 3 Sysop Echo ...

On Friday July 19 1996, Ian Smith wrote to John Piper ...

 MP> Vfast is 28k8

 JP> V.Fast Class.

 IS> Correct.

 MP> V34terbo is 33k6

 JP> V.34+.

 IS> Just another industry nickname (and just two new rates using V.34
 IS> technology).

I haven't heard of V.34terbo before.

 MP> I'm not sure what the last one's protocol is actually called.  It might
 MP> be V34+ or something similar.

 JP> Correct; soon to be ratified as V.34bis.

 IS> Common myth, it seems.  'V.34 (1996)', last we heard from the ITU-T
 IS> watchers.

I haven't heard much lately. Until I purchased my Courier over a week ago,
I hadn't been following developments on V.34(+/bis).

Will there BE a V.34bis?

On another topic, I was lucky enough to find a NetComm PCMCIA (CardModem)
today for $99. It's a V.32bis, but given the ~600 price difference between
the 14.4k and the 28.8k (V.34), the V.32bis was a bragain.

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

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