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- From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!genesis.demon.co.uk!fred
- Subject: Re: Hayes Optima or Intell 440/e ???
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- References: <106131@bu.edu>
- Organization: BT
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:53:51 +0000
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- In article <106131@bu.edu> heiser@acs.bu.edu writes:
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- >In article <C0C8C5.4A2@news.rn.com> larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >>PEP's speak only to PEPs, and 16.8K HST's speak only to 16.8K HST's
- >>(assuming a 16.8K connection), regardless of the fact that the 16.8K
- >>HST modems speak to the slower HST, and the TurboPEP's speak with the PEPs
- >
- >Right. What I really meant was that not only is the USR 16.8K "unique",
- >but there aren't a whole lot of them out there compared with other "odd
- >ducks" like Telebit PEP, etc. Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe everyone that
- >had a USR 9600 or 14.4 HST or DS dumped their modems for the little jump
- >to 16.8K? :-)
-
- That could be said for any new standard when it first comes out.
- The 16.8K HST is the current incarnaion of the HST range and as such is
- compatible with all earlier HSTs of which there are still a lot around. If
- modems weren't improved HST would still be stuck at 9.6K. Already
- here in the UK I am aware of several places supporting 16.8K connections.
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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