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- Path: sparky!uunet!micro-c!eastwind!chorn
- From: chorn@eastwind.mcds.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Explanation of V.Fast wanted.
- Message-ID: <s9qXVB3w165w@eastwind.mcds.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 11:49:15 EST
- References: <6544.2b2dbb85@hayes.com>
- Organization: The East Wind +1 201 875 7063
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- tnixon@hayes.com writes:
-
- > > Should I wait for V.Fast or go with a V.32bis now?
- >
- > That depends on your needs. The V.fast standard is not likely to be
- > settled until mid-1994 at the earliest. Reasonable low-cost
- > products might not be available until late 1995 or early 1996 if
- > we're lucky. That's a long way away. If you're running 2400 now,
- > you can probably save a lot of time (and money, if you pay for
- > connect time or long distance charges) by going ahead and buying a
- > V.32bis modem now.
-
- I'm just curious why it is going to take the CCITT so long to settle on
- something. Is it all politics? VESA did their local bus in a month or so,
- why will the CCITT take a couple years?
-
- I'm mainly concerned because already we have the Motorola Codex, and soon
- probably the AT&T Paradyne "V.fast" modems on the market. And by mid-1994
- everyone will probably be in the fray with a "V.fast" modem and they'll all
- use proprietary protocols. By then it may even be too late to formalize a
- standard, especially if one of the others hits a home run.
-
- > --
- > Toby Nixon, Principal Engineer | Voice +1-404-840-9200 Telex 40124342
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- > Atlanta, Georgia 30348 | UUCP uunet!hayes!tnixon Fido 1:114/1
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