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- From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: V.fast modems available?
- Message-ID: <rdippold.711748723@cancun>
- Keywords: v32 zyxel uucp
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:58:43 GMT
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- geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
- >shah@cs.arizona.edu (Rawn Shah) writes:
- >> Does anyone know if any V.fast modems are commercially available yet?
- >> I've heard of something called CODEX but thats all.
-
- > Since V.fast hasn't yet been written (it's called "V.fast" because it
- >hasn't yet been assigned a number, like V.32), I would not count on anyone
- >selling genuine V.fast modems.
-
- > A few manufacturers have announced (and some even ship) modems which
- > comply with the most likely standard among the V.fast proposals, but
- > there's always the chance that they'll be wrong.
-
- Motorola Codex, however, is offering a free upgrade to the actual
- V.fast standard modem when it comes out. For point to point if you
- have the money this is an excellent deal. I agree, if there was no
- promised upgrade it'd be obsolete very fast.
- --
- Four wheel drive: Lets you get more stuck, further from help.
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