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- From: florin@ix.netcom.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR vs Supra (guess who wins)
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 01:33:40 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- af898@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Danny Colquhoun) wrote:
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- >Um, the SupraSonic ISN'T 33.6, that's why it's called the SupraSonic
- >288V+, it has better compression abilities, but it doesn't connect with
- >others at 33.6, at least that's what I heard from sales. And no, the
- >datapump isn't flash upgradable, it requires a chip switch if you want to
- >go to 33.6 later.
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- Check out all the testing done for 33.6.It's a marketing gimmick.
- Will work only for one yard wire.Only 5% or less from US lines will
- support 33.6 and how I see Internet traffic grow in the next few
- months even 26.4 will be a wonder.Above 28.8 wich not too many neters
- see this days,ISDN is the answer (for the moment).
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- Florin
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