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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@lucent.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: USR x2 modems???
Date: 17 Mar 1997 11:51:05 +0100
Organization: Lucent Technologies, Indian Hill
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>> On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:56:13 -0500, Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net> said:
JB> Even at 53k, they weren't meeting FCC spec last I heard, and
JB> you're right, it's 3com. 3com is planning on using the
JB> Lucent/Rockwell technology. I expect X2 to die of obscurity,
JB> as it should.
JB> Jamie Bowden
JB> Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.
I don't know what I expect, but I hope that both will die. They delay
the introduction and use of ISDN, which is much more reliable and
cleaner anyway.
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Peter Mutsaers Lucent Technologies, Network Systems
plm@lucent.com Huizen, the Netherlands