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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!news.webspan.net!usenet From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: USR x2 modems??? Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:25:34 -0500 Organization: WebSpan Inc., New Jersey Lines: 17 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970314112257.4665A-100000@dolphin.inna.net> References: <5g9l1e$hs8@newsops.execpc.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.970313151623.7093Q-100000@dolphin.inna.net> <slrn5igpc5.l2.jason@verdi.jlc.net> <Pine.BSF.3.91.970313155449.7093S-100000@dolphin.inna.net> <5g9vs6$n30@newsops.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.inna.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <5g9vs6$n30@newsops.execpc.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37085 On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Scott Thomason wrote: > From everything I can see happening, x2 seems to be the technology > that will prevail. Consumers are buying them. ISPs everywhere are > rolling them out as we speak. My ISP has explicitly stated they will > NOT support Lucent or Rockwell standards. USR has never gotten any standard they'be submitted approved. That and Livingston and Ascend are both using the Rockwell/Lucent 56k standard. They comprise most of the industry. That and the fact that 3com has not changed thier status of supporting R/L over USR, even now that they bought USR. Jamie Bowden Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.