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- From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Explanation of V.Fast wanted.
- Message-ID: <4093@randvax.rand.org>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 18:32:09 GMT
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- In article <s9qXVB3w165w@eastwind.mcds.com> chorn@eastwind.mcds.com writes:
- >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?
-
- Because V.fast is a few orders of magnitude more complicated than the VESA
- local bus. It will undoubtedly be considerably more complicated than
- V.32bis.
-
- >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.
-
- Don't forget that these same manufacturers are the ones who are developing
- the V.fast standard. Although going the proprietary route might seem
- inviting for the short run, reaching a standard enlarges the overall
- market--a likely win-win situation for all those involved.
-
- The need for interoperability is a powerful force in the modem market.
- Modems based on proprietary modulations only appeal to a part of the
- overall market; if "everyone" has their own incompatible "V.fast" modem,
- each will find themselves in a rather rigid market niche. However, once a
- standard is reached, nearly every modem user becomes a potential customer.
-
- A good standard facilitates competition, rather than inhibiting it. I'd
- rather the V.fast people take the time to do it right, and not put forward
- a half-baked standard which would ultimately hurt modem users and vendors
- alike.
-
- -Ed Hall
- edhall@rand.org
-