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- From: dkakanov@midway.uchicago.edu (Dana Akanova)
- Subject: Re: Penril ALX V.34bis does not support split speeds!!!
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- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 23:23:58 GMT
-
- On Tue, 30 Jan 1996 02:55:54 GMT, dkakanov@midway.uchicago.edu (Dana
- Akanova) wrote:
-
- >Hello all!!!!
- >
- >I just got done getting email back from Penril about their Alliance
- >modem. After testing this modem for almost 2 weeks, I couldn't figure
- >out why I've never seen an asymmetric speed connect on this modem. I
- >emailed Penril about this, and apparently the Alliance modem does not
- >support this feature in async mode!!! And will they ever add it?
- >They said that they have no plans to!!!
- >
- >I can't believe this. Penril says in their company statements that
- >this modem supports every feature of the v.34 protocol. Guess what,
- >your $200 SupraFAXModem 28.8 supports one v.34 feature that this modem
- >does not: Asymmetric speeds!!!!
- >
- >Well, I thought that everyone should know this.
- >
- >Dave
- >
- Sorry. Just got a message from Penril. They said that although they
- don't support asymmetrical rates just yet, they plan to in the near
- future by a flash upgrade.
-
- Dave
-
-