NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/dcom/modems/18886

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Path: sparky!uunet!hayes!tnixon
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes lawyers intimidate competition (was: Hayes Press Release)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 4 Jan 93 11:53:49 EDT
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Larry
Snyder) writes:

> [e-mail] (William Heiser) writes:
> ...
>>seen that does FAX at 14.4K (although of course this is of little use
>>if other FAXes don't do the same :-).
>
> Yes, little use at 14.4 except when talking to another Hayes 14.4

Larry's comment makes it sound as though Hayes is using some sort of
proprietary modulation at 14,400 bit/s.  I want to make it clear
that this is not true.  Group 3 fax specifies use of V.17 and V.33
international standard modulation at 12,000 and 14,400 bit/s, and
these are supported in the Hayes fax modems. The same is true of all
of the 14,400 bit/s fax modems on the market today.  The problem is
that most of the fax MACHINES in use today -- millions of them --
still support only 9,600 bit/s V.29 modulation as their top speed.
You can be confident, though, that the 14,400 bit/s fax modem you
buy today will, eventually, be able to be used above 9,600 bit/s for
sending and receiving faxes, as the installed base of equipment is
upgraded to include the newer standards.

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