Re: News 56K modems

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:40:52 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Chris Roger wrote:

> Anybody hear the news?
> Rockwell and USRobotics are each working on 56Kbps analog
> modems.
> How do they expect the phone lines to handle that speed?
>
> Will internal digital modems (PM3) be able to handle them?

Just found this reference in c.d.m:

http://www.pcweek.com/news/0909/11mrock.html

I read it...and it looks like a bunch of bull and marketdroid speak.
Another post in c.d.m agrees with me, and suggests that is is in fact a
low end version one of the new DSL technologies. I wouldn't throw away
those BRI cards yet.

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