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- From: strudeau@star.net (Scot J. Trudeau)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: v34,v33.6,v42,28.8
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 01:38:46 GMT
- Organization: For the CDA: youstupiddumbshitgoddamnmotherfucker!
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- In message <rparkins-0602962102260001@van-as-04a04.direct.ca>,
- rparkins@infotel-systems.com (Richard Parkinson) wrote:
-
- >V.34 is the designation for the current popular model which runs at 28,800
- >bits per second. A intermediate and non ITU-T sanctioned modem was known
- >as V.FC, or V.Fast, or just 28.8. Don't buy a modem at this speed unless
- >it states that it is V.34 compatible.
-
- V.Fast was *not* another name for V.FC, it was a preliminary name
- associated with v.34.
-
- >The ITU-T is working on a slight increase in speed to 33,600 bps for the
- >V.34, and this is expected in the summer of '96. If they are true to the
- >past this new modem will be called V.34 bis ( bis is a french term
- >implying second or alternate choice ).
-
- It's an annex to the existing v.34 standard and will not be called v.34bis
- but just plain v.34.
-
-
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- Scot J. Trudeau
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