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- From: zobkiw@triplesoft.com (Joe Zobkiw)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: What if the 33.4k 'standard' changes?
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 10:34:22 -0500
- Organization: TripleSoft Inc.
- Message-ID: <zobkiw-1102961034220001@beethoven.triplesoft.com>
- References: <4ffs1b$rkj@hustle.rahul.net>
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- In article <4ffs1b$rkj@hustle.rahul.net>, Bill Llewellyn
- <thinker@rahul.net> wrote:
-
- >USR and a few others are offering us all a nice 16% increase in throughput
- >over 28.8k with the V.34+ pre-standard implementation. What do V.34+ users
- >do if the *actual* standard emerges and is *different*?
-
- I would imagine that the same thing that happened with V.FC will happen
- again. Modems will be upgraded (via software most likely) to handle the
- changes while still supporting what is supported today.
-
- >I guess I'm also wondering if 16% throughput increase is worth all the
- >fuss I'm seeing V.34+ users go through on this newsgroup trying to get
- >their Sportsters (et al) to behave themselves. (Hey, I tried too and gave
- >up!) Going from 14.4 to 28.8 is a nice 100% increase, but sometimes I
- >wonder if another 16% merits the hours and hours it can take to get there
- >(if one can, like I couldn't).
-
- But once you get it working...besides...if you had a $100,000...would you
- like to try to get 16% more? I know I would :)
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